Word Down
Posted on November 26th, 2007 in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »
The Crimson reports that a new version of Microsoft Word is frustrating students.
Some users complain that Word 2007, which is installed in Harvardâs computer labs, has created incompatibility problems and is difficult to navigate.
Documents are now saved as â.docxâ files instead of the traditional â.docâ format, making it difficult to open newer files on older versions of the software.
This is the kind of thing that makes a Mac user chuckle. Why on earth would anyone want to save a document with the ending “.doc” or “.docx”?
I mean, reallyâ.docx?
Thankfully, such nuttiness isn’t to be found on Office for Mac…..
6 Responses
11/26/2007 9:56 am
It will be, Oscar, it will be.
11/26/2007 3:51 pm
talk to me when apple actually develops their own word processing system. until then, we’re all still sucking at the microsoft teat, even if it is office for mac
11/26/2007 4:10 pm
They really should, shouldn’t they?
11/26/2007 5:35 pm
.docx is the xtml version of the file format that older versions can’t read. Sorry for going geek on you.
11/26/2007 6:56 pm
4:35-Sure that’s not XML?
11/26/2007 8:03 pm
Yeah, the new Word is a general piece of crap in other ways too. Why did they have to change it … Oh yeah, to make money.