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Music notes in Word document when viewed on mac...

ryanch09 · 2011-05-17 21:16:16

Hello all a friend of mine wants to view a word document which was made on a windows pc on his mac...but when he opens it all he sees it music notes... Any ideas whats wrong? Thanks!

17-05-2011 9:16pm

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ryanch09

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Hello all a friend of mine wants to view a word document which was made on a windows pc on his mac...but when he opens it all he sees it music notes...

Any ideas whats wrong?

Thanks!

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#2 17-05-2011 9:28pm

banquo

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Probably a version conflict?

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#3 18-05-2011 7:39am

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If all he wants to do is view it, a quick fix could be to save it as a PDF?

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#4 18-05-2011 7:49am

rhapsody

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Probably a stupid question... has your friend highlighted the whole thing & changed the font to e.g. Arial. Being in the area of music, I often get people sending me things that are all notes as you mention. Once I change the font, its grand.

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#5 25-05-2011 10:26pm

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Could be a number of things, as mentioned. Fonts, version conflict etc. For a quick and easy solution, I would suggest viewing the document in Google Docs (if your friend uses GMail), he/she should be able to view it as the original document looked (or as near as).

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#6 27-05-2011 5:13pm

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Google Docs ftw.

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