Why won't .docs created on my Mac using Office 2004 open on a PC?

[jsnwrd]

Hi,

I use Office 2004 (because it works with Endnote unlike Office 2008 or Pages) but there's one really frustrating thing:

When I send documents that I have created on my Mac, using Office 2004, to people using a PC, the format is not recognized. They can open them, if they open them from within Word, but if they just click on the file it doesn't have an association in Windows.

Any ideas? Is this something wrong with my installation of Word 2004? Word's settings? A bug? A virus?!

Thanks,

Jason.
PS: I've attached a file I created in Word 2004 on my Mac, so that if you have a PC you can see what happens if you try opening it by clicking on it.

[Magnus]

Originally Posted by jsnwrd

Hi,

I use Office 2004 (because it works with Endnote unlike Office 2008 or Pages) but there's one really frustrating thing:

When I send documents that I have created on my Mac, using Office 2004, to people using a PC, the format is not recognized. They can open them, if they open them from within Word, but if they just click on the file it doesn't have an association in Windows.

Any ideas? Is this something wrong with my installation of Word 2004? Word's settings? A bug? A virus?!

Thanks,

Jason.
PS: I've attached a file I created in Word 2004 on my Mac, so that if you have a PC you can see what happens if you try opening it by clicking on it.

There is no attachment... when you create the Word documents on your Mac, are they saved with ".DOC" extension? If they are not, Windows won't know they are Word documents.

[jsnwrd]

It says DOC on my mac but I don't think it does on the PC. Do I just need to add .doc to the end of my saved document?

[Magnus]

Originally Posted by jsnwrd

It says DOC on my mac but I don't think it does on the PC. Do I just need to add .doc to the end of my saved document?

Sure, you can try that.