MacBook problems

[Matthew Corran]

I have had a MacBook for about a year or so and find it great except for 1 issue.

 

I use Microsoft word for mac 2011

When I mail documents to people on windows odd characters get inserted where they shouldn't be.

 

So I have tried saving the document as a PDF and sending it which works well until the document is made up of portrait and landscape sections and then the PDF gets split into 3 parts, it's easy enough to stitch the PDF's back together but the margins also get pushed out of place and information gets pushed off the page and is lost.

 

Has anyone had similar issues

[Paul Smith]

Don't use anything Microsoft! Use Pages and either send as windows friendly or as a PDF.

[Wood wasp]

I use Macbook with Word 2011 and don't have any issues, latest installed update 14.3.2. Sorry can't offer any more practical help.

 

David

[Matthew Corran]

Thanks guys It's a bit frustrating seeing as word cost me about £70 do you know how much pages costs?i will probably look into it a bit further before spending more money!

[Matthew Corran]

David have you tried saving documents with both landscape and portrait sections to PDF, I use the same version as you.

[skyhuck]

I use pages for every thing, I think it was under £20.

[Matthew Corran]

Sounds good I will look into it, I assume I can download it off apps.

[Wood wasp]

Sorry, I've never tried saving a word doc into PDF. Have you tried googling for a solution? I suspect a setting somewhere must be awry

[Steve Bullman]

pages is about £15 I think, and yes its on the appstore

[Wood wasp]

No idea if relevant or not but in Preferences, Compatibility. There is a check box for "check document for compatibility", this box is ticked on my version

Hope works out one way or another

Cheers

David