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Resolution
To resolve this issue, download and install the latest Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac updates:
Start any Office for Mac application on your computer.
Click Help menu, click Check for Updates.
Under How would you like to check for software updates, click Automatically. Click the Check for Updates button.
The latest version of Office 2008 for Mac is 12.3.6. This update is also available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
Workaround 1 Use the File/Open option to open the file
Start the Word for Mac application.
On the File menu, click Open.
In the Convert File window, scroll down and select Recover Text from any file. If you get a warning, click OK.
Note Some formatting might change.On the File menu, click Save As.
In the Format list, select Word Document (.docx), then click Save. Refer the following screen shot.
Workaround 2 Use an earlier version of Word for Mac or Apple TextEdit
Try opening the file by using an earlier version of Word for Mac such as Word 2004 or Apple TextEditor. Some old Word documents can be opened in TextEdior with basic formatting.
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If you cannot open the file by using these workarounds, search for a backup copy in a Time Machine backup, in your email (if you ever sent the file to someone), on a network share, on a phone, or on a flash drive. If you cannot open the file, it may be corrupted.
For information about how to troubleshoot this issue, see Troubleshooting damaged documents in Word for Mac.
Ways to open a document in Word 2008 for Mac:
Double-click the document.
Drag a document to the Word 2008 for Mac program icon.
Drag a document to the Word 2008 for Mac program icon that is in the Dock.
Run an AppleScript that uses the Finder to open a Microsoft Word document.
Affected Word for Mac file types
File type | Operating system type and extension |
|---|---|
Microsoft Word 1.x-5.x document | GLOS |
Microsoft Word 1.x-5.x document | WDBN/doc |
Microsoft Word 1.x-5.x stationery document | sDBN/doc |
Microsoft Word document | PDBN |
Microsoft Word document | SITD |
Microsoft Word HTML stationery document | sTML |
Microsoft Word RTF stationery document | sTF |
Note that Word for Mac does not support Works (wps) or Publisher (pub) files. Both of these programs do not have a Mac OS counterpart, therefore, cannot be opened on Mac OS.
Is Apple’s iWork a viable alternative to Microsoft Office? To find out, we asked Jeffrey Battersby—our go-to expert on word processing programs—to use Word 2008 and Pages ’08 to create the same project, progressing from the basics (text entry and formatting) to more-advanced features. Our questions: Which program is better at each stage of the job? What are their strengths and weaknesses? Which jobs (and which users) require which tool? (And for our experts’ take on alternatives to Office and iWork, see Word Processing Alternatives.)
To compare Microsoft Word () to Pages ’08 (), I used each program to create the same four-page newsletter. I created my basic text and layout in each program’s word processing mode, and then added a variety of paragraph styles and some design elements, including columns, callouts, drop caps, and graphics. Finally, I switched to each program’s page-layout mode to create a more sophisticated, template-based version of the same document.
Text entry, simple formatting
I started by creating the basic newsletter layout: title text, volume and issue numbers below that, a headline for my main article, body text for the article itself, and a page number in the page footer. I used each program’s default styles for the initial formatting and then edited those styles to alter the document’s look. Both programs make all these initial steps simple.
In Word, I created each element of the document in Word’s default paragraph style. To format those elements more distinctly, I then selected the styles I wanted to use from the Style menu in the floating Formatting Palette. I used Word’s new Document Elements tool to add page numbers to the document’s footers.
It’s only slightly tougher to do all that in Pages. Again, I used the default style and typed my text, and then adjusted my paragraph styles. But I couldn’t assign paragraph styles from a floating palette in Pages. Instead, I had to open the Paragraph Styles drawer and choose the style I wanted from there. (I could also have assigned a keyboard shortcut to each style and applied it with a couple of keystrokes.)
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Editing and updating styles isn’t as easy in Pages. I had to use the standard formatting tools to adjust existing paragraphs, and then open the Styles Drawer and choose to either create a new style or redefine the current style. This isn’t necessarily difficult, but Word’s way is much more intuitive and easier to use.
Word 2008 has one other advantage when it comes to quickly changing a document’s overall look: Document Themes. These are collections of paragraph styles that change fonts, paragraph formats, text colors, and other document features with a single click of the button. Word ships with over 50 of these themes; you can also create your own, but, oddly enough, you have to use PowerPoint to do it. Pages really has nothing that compares.
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My verdict: When it comes to basic text editing, Pages and Word are perfect equals. But when it comes to editing and creating styles, and quickly overhauling the look of your document, Word is better.