You can even set up a password in case you want to protect the document. “Export Your Document” window will appear and you just need to click on the Word tab and choose the right format.
For that matter, Mac users need to convert Pages to Word and get a file in a more universal and readable format. It is like Word but it works only on Mac operating system.ĭue to MS Word dominance over Pages, most business tasks that involve any kind of document sharing, management, require documents in Word format (.doc or.
Like Windows users, Mac users have a word processing program that is called Pages. That wide usage of MS Word may cause troubles to Mac users. Since it is an essential program for word processing in general, Microsoft Word is used for all kinds of business and personal tasks. Because Windows is the most widespread among operating systems, it doesn’t come as a surprise that Word can be found on almost every computer. It is an inevitable part of every computer that runs on Windows operating system. Which is always a possibility.Microsoft Word is one of the most popular programs in the corporate world, since its release in 1983. Unless of course I’m missing something painfully obvious. Regardless, what clearly needs to happen here is that Microsoft should configure this and other default styles to exactly match what’s used in Windows, ensuring more seamless interoperability between the clients. But I suspect there are other style issues like this that I just haven’t noticed yet.
Line spacing: single, Widow/Orphan controlĪs a temporary solution, I’ve modified the Normal style in Word 2016 for Mac to match the style in Windows via the Paragraph formatting window (Format, Paragraph from Modify Style).
This window shows you that the Normal style looks like so in Windows:Īfter: 8 pt, Widow/Orphan control, Style: Show in the Styles galleryįont: (Default) +Theme Body (Calibri), Left To see why this is so, you can view the Normal style on each (right-click the Normal style in the ribbon and choose Modify Style). But when you open such a document in Word 2013 for Windows, there are massive spaces between each paragraph. So if you want that space, you need to double-press Enter. But when you do so in Word 2016 for Mac, there is no space between the paragraphs at all. When you press Enter at the end of a paragraph in Word 2013 for Windows, the cursor jumps down a bit, providing space between each paragraph. So when you open use Word 2013 to open a document you created on Mac, everything looks overly big. But on Mac, it’s 12 point Calibre for some reason. When you run Word and start typing, you’re using the Normal text style, which on Windows is 11 point Calibre. So while Word 2016 for Mac appears to offer the same default text styles as with Word 2013 for Windows, there are subtle differences that make a big difference.įirst, is the default font size. The two big issues I’ve seen are both related to the Normal text style. The couple of things I’ve noticed so far will be an issue in organizations where some people use Macs and others use PCs as well. But if you’re going to go back and forth between the two, there are some text style issues to be aware of, at least in Microsoft Word.Īctually, this won’t just be an issue for those using both Windows PCs and Macs.
In Hands-On with Word 2016 Preview for Mac, I noted that the coming version of Office for Apple’s desktop platform seems to have largely closed the gap with the latest Windows version of Office.