atw: Re: STraw poll
- From: Bill Parker <renew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:53:42 +0800
James,
I get all and sundry from the Windows world and because I normally make text
only files out of everything that compatibility styuff doesn't affect me. Mind
you, going other way I usually find that saving as Word 2004-2007 gets best
result.
Bill
On 20/07/2011, at 8:38 AM, James Hunt wrote:
>
> On 19 Jul 2011, at 4:18 PM, Bill Parker wrote:
>
>> I notice the continuing discussion regarding the woes and occasional "not
>> so bads" about Word. Its always about the Windows versions. Am I the only
>> MAC person here? And from that, how different is Word 2011 for the
>> Macintosh from the last version for Windows?
>>
>> Bill
>
> No - there are at least three of us, I gather...
>
> Macintosh versions of Word have compatibility problems with the Windows
> versions - Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit has a sad reputation for
> delivering products a day late and a few dollars short. However, you _can_
> use Word for Windows on a Mac: first install the Parallels product
> (http://www.parallels.com/au/products/desktop/), which allows you run
> subsidiary operating systems. Then install your own copy of Windows Whatever,
> and Word for Windows. (You can install multiple guest operating systems under
> Parallels, and run (say) Word 2003 under Windows XP in one partition, Word
> 2010 under Windows 7 in another partition, other stuff under Ubuntu in
> another partition, and so on.)
>
> One of the great features of the Mac operating system is backup software
> called Time Machine (http://www.apple.com/timecapsule/backup.html), which
> backs up everything wirelessly to an external hard disk, on an hourly basis.
> The interface is easy to use, and you can reach back and retrieve earlier
> versions of documents.
>
> Hourly auto-saves may not be enough. Mac OS X also includes the backup
> software Subversion, which is a standard in software development shops. In
> Subversion, you can commit files at any time you like: daily, hourly, or just
> before doing something heroic like deleting an entire section. You can
> retrieve any committed version at any time: read back through your own
> comments to find the one you want.
>
> Subversion saves a base file and a chain of differences, and reconstructs
> versions of files as required. Thus Subversion works best on ASCII text
> files. I have seen Subversion used to manage Word and FrameMaker files, but
> in these cases the versions saved are entire files, not difference files. The
> corporate server was rather bloated...
>
> James Hunt
> ----------------
> Why I use a Macintosh: And those who look through the Windows® see dimly...
> (Eccl 12:3)
>
>
>
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