I don't think I have Mountain lion on this computer; it shows I still have OSX; but I use MIcrosfot Word for the Mac and it works just fiine. I open I download the rtf file from checkout list and Save to my desktop. Then I click on it (I don't open it, though you probably could and then Save As Word) and I happily validate happily validate away. When you click on the rtf file (don't open it, though you probably can d that it and hen save it as a Word file. After clicking (not doouble-clicking--just one click, I go to the File menu and scroll down to Open With Word. On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 2:23 PM, John Simpson <John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You might want to try Open Office. Itis a free, downloadable office suite > written in Java. It is very similar to Microsoft Office. Their download > page > shows a version for Mac on Intel platform. I have used it occasionally, and > it seems pretty comprehensive. > > I am not a Mac user and I am not familiar with Text Editor. I can't verify > that it will actually work for you. Since it's free, it's certainly worth > giving a try if you don't find another solution that you like better. > > Good luck. > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Darrell Shandrow > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 1:44 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Questions about using a Mac for Bookshare > validation work. > > Hello Fellow Bookshare Volunteers, > > I would like to know how to do the proofreading and editing work necessary > for Bookshare validation on Mac OS MountainLion. Specifically, I am > interested in knowing how to use find and repave in Text Editor, or another > application, to work with page breaks, section breaks and other special > symbols typically found in scanned books. Any ideas would be appreciated > all > over the place. > > Thanks, > > Darrell > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > >