Convert word DOCs when you don't have WORD ? heheh

macthekitten · 01-24-2009, 09:11 PM

HI

A friend mailed me some doc files I need to read, and since i don't have word on my mac i thought "hey my reader says it can handle doc files" i tried the drop thing, they don't show up, so i tried to convert in Calibre but that was no bueno

am i out of luck ?

thanks!

and yes it's 8 p.m. on a saturday night, and yes i'm at home with my reader LOL i suck i know!

wallcraft · 01-24-2009, 09:18 PM

TextEdit is supposed to handle DOC files.

kiklop74 · 01-24-2009, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by macthekitten

HI

A friend mailed me some doc files I need to read, and since i don't have word on my mac i thought "hey my reader says it can handle doc files" i tried the drop thing, they don't show up, so i tried to convert in Calibre but that was no bueno

Install open office and you will be able to read word documents up to version 2003 I beleive.

http://www.openoffice.org/

igorsk · 01-24-2009, 10:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by macthekitten

A friend mailed me some doc files I need to read, and since i don't have word on my mac i thought "hey my reader says it can handle doc files" i tried the drop thing, they don't show up, so i tried to convert in Calibre but that was no bueno

If you check the small font in the "DOC support" text, you'll see that it says "MS Word required". In short, eBook Library software converts doc files to RTF which Reader can handle. Naturally, that works only on Windows.
So you can either ask your friend to send the files in RTF format, or convert them some other way.

Smashwords · 01-24-2009, 11:06 PM

You could use Google Docs to open the file and then save it in a format you can read. http://docs.google.com

Or, you could download and install OpenOffice to open and save in a different format. http://www.openoffice.org/

DDHarriman · 01-25-2009, 08:56 AM

Hi

I do nothing of the Mac, but if you can get your friend to re-email you the files but now in rtf format (he/she has just to save them again but in rtf) you can now read them without conversion in your prs 700 (it reads rtf files but does not “see” inside images in rtf’s) or convert them with Calibre.

Or… if you want to be autonomous in the future with zero costs, follow the above advice and get Openoffice (http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/), and you get a very good office software for free.

Best regards,

Banshay · 01-25-2009, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Smashwords

You could use Google Docs to open the file and then save it in a format you can read. http://docs.google.com

Or, you could download and install OpenOffice to open and save in a different format. http://www.openoffice.org/

I like both, but the OP should note that there is a size limit on Google Docs- I think it's 500KB, so if she's looking to read something book length, she probably can't use Google Docs.

AprilHare · 01-26-2009, 01:21 AM

Doesn't OOo support office 2007 documents now from version 3 onwards?

DDHarriman · 01-26-2009, 07:16 AM

Yes it does.

macthekitten · 01-30-2009, 08:41 AM

it was book-length, and i used the advice somene gave of opening it in textedit, saving as a txt file, and then converted it! yay! it worked just great

01-24-2009, 09:11 PM	#1
macthekitten Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 289 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ontario Canada Device: PRS700	Convert word DOCs when you don't have WORD ? heheh HI A friend mailed me some doc files I need to read, and since i don't have word on my mac i thought "hey my reader says it can handle doc files" i tried the drop thing, they don't show up, so i tried to convert in Calibre but that was no bueno am i out of luck ? thanks! and yes it's 8 p.m. on a saturday night, and yes i'm at home with my reader LOL i suck i know!

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01-25-2009, 08:56 AM	#6
DDHarriman Guru Posts: 860 Karma: 4380 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Almada, Portugal Device: Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS 505, Kindle DXG and Samsung Galaxy Note	Hi I do nothing of the Mac, but if you can get your friend to re-email you the files but now in rtf format (he/she has just to save them again but in rtf) you can now read them without conversion in your prs 700 (it reads rtf files but does not “see” inside images in rtf’s) or convert them with Calibre. Or… if you want to be autonomous in the future with zero costs, follow the above advice and get Openoffice (http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/), and you get a very good office software for free. Best regards,

01-26-2009, 01:21 AM	#8
AprilHare Wizard Posts: 2,981 Karma: 11862367 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-T2	Doesn't OOo support office 2007 documents now from version 3 onwards?

01-26-2009, 07:16 AM	#9
DDHarriman Guru Posts: 860 Karma: 4380 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Almada, Portugal Device: Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS 505, Kindle DXG and Samsung Galaxy Note	Yes it does.

01-30-2009, 08:41 AM	#10
macthekitten Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 289 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ontario Canada Device: PRS700	it was book-length, and i used the advice somene gave of opening it in textedit, saving as a txt file, and then converted it! yay! it worked just great

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