Jun 25, 2010 - Really old versions of Microsoft Word had a full-screen mode available. To do this, click on the small drop down arrow that is located on the. Many Windows-based computers come with a version of Microsoft Word, the widely used word processing software. More often then not, however, Apple computer's do not come with any version of Word.

There seems to be a spell checker issue in Word where the following error is reported. On my Mac, this happens most often when I open a file that did not originate from MS Word 2011.

If I create a document in MS Word 2011, and leave spell and grammar checks enabled for “as you type” (see below on how to disable this), then I do not get an error. If you do not disable the options below, then as at the date of this page this error will recur and you will need to shut down the application (). Disable the ‘as you type’ options First, in Word select Word >> Preferences and the following window will appear. Select ‘Spelling and Grammer’. Disable the 'as you type' options Once this is done you should be able to open the document that originated in OpenOffice or any other compatible programme without the pop up warning appearing. Please note, however, that this pop-up will re-occur if you do a spelling and/or grammar check.

“Repair” a Document If you want to be able to re-enable the ‘as you type’ options above, you may want to try the steps below, as these have worked for me. However this does not assist with compatibility of Word documents between OpenOffice.org and MS Office. First, save the document as a docx file. Then select all the text in the document (Command-A). Next select Tools >> Language, and select one language for the entire document. In your post you said: Please note, however, if you open any other documents that didn’t originate in Word 2011, then you may have to perform all the above steps again. I found a work around, because thousands of my documents originated in an earlier version of Word, and following the above procedure is not feasible every time I open a document created in an earlier version of Word.

I created a macros and named it AutoOpen the code i used is below. This automatically sets the autocheck to english when a document is opened. Sub AutoOpen() ‘ ‘ AutoOpen Macro ‘ ‘ Dim doc As Word.Document Set doc = ActiveDocument Application.ResetIgnoreAll ActiveDocument.SpellingChecked = False ActiveDocument.GrammarChecked = False doc.Range.LanguageID = wdEnglishUS doc.Range.NoProofing = False End Sub. Who is behind Guide2Office? My name is Stephanie Krishnan and I'm passionate about the way that open source software and its community can help small businesses and individuals with their productivity and lives. One of the biggest arguments I get from business owners, however, is lack of support options.

I decided to put together my own support blog to help people be productive at various levels with various Office software, including OpenOffice.org, LibreOffice, NeoOffice, MS Office and Apple products!

What File Formats Can Mac Pages Use? Mac Pages supports the Adobe PDF,, EPUB eBook and Rich Text (RTF) formats. This means you can convert your Mac pages documents into any of these formats and can open them on various platforms. If you want to open the document in Microsoft Word, Word supports the DOC and RTF formats. Because Pages can deal with all of these formats, you can not export documents in the Word format, but you can also edit documents originally created in Word. When deciding whether to use the DOC or RTF format, you should keep a few things in mind.

Another great app that saves you from the hassle of installing Windows OS on mac. WinOnX (or Windows on OS X) is based on Wine and can be installed on OS X 10.6 and later. The application lets users install the most Windows app on Mac but still there are some that have compatibility issues. Instead of installing the operating system files into the hard drive and booting from it, we will install it into a software inside windows 10/8/7 that will execute the files and let us use the Mac OS. In fact, the final Mac version of Office 2016 was released before the Windows version, which won’t be available until later in September. With Windows 10, the PC has more in common with the Mac than ever. WSJ’s Joanna Stern parodies those classic Mac vs. PC ads—with a surprise 2015 twist. Mac or windows for realtor 2016. Office 2016, Mac vs Windows functionality comparison. I just noticed that some of the information in the articles isn't current—for instance, Office 2016 for Mac recently added support for right-to-left languages (RTL). I let the writers know so they can update.