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Text box formatting problems when working in Word on PC and Mac

I work on both a PC, running Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010, and a Mac, running OS X 10.7.5 and Microsoft Office 2008. I frequently use text boxes in my documents, but when I try to open a PC-created Word document on the Mac, the text box formatting changes. These changes are often significant, and include the following:

the size of the text within the text box increases or decreases
the formatting of the text, including text color and outline, changes
the margins of the text box increase or decrease
the text box fill color changes
the placement of the text box in the document changes

How can I ensure that the document will remain the same when I open it on different computers?
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I'm suspecting that you are using a docx format and if so, I would say, not all docx formats are created equal… especially in version 1 of the format.

Try the old binary "doc" format and/or try specifying that the "docx" formatted document is to be in Compatibility mode and see if the behavior changes.
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Last updated April 10, 2024 Views 3,115 Applies to: