Office 2016 will not improve this situation. The main issues that change the appearance of a Word document between computers are incompatible fonts, creating new pages using returns and creating tables using tabs. To fix these: Use only fonts that are installed on both computers. This is easier to figure out if you download my reference PDF of. You'll notice that the list of fonts is smaller for Office 2013 and 2016, so your wife should only use fonts in that shorter list. Never create pages by inserting multiple carriage returns.
Create envelopes by using mail merge in Word for Mac. Create envelopes by using mail merge in Word for Mac. Create and print labels using mail merge. Create and print labels using mail merge, in which each label consists of a different mailing address. Word is not a central program on the Mac, which comes equipped with Text Edit and offers its own version of a word processing program through iWork. However, Microsoft Word offers an elegant user interface in their Mac version. Combined with the natural style and intuitive layout of the Mac OS X, Word is an easy to use and versatile application.
If the font changes, the position of your page breaks will change as well. Instead, use InsertBreakPage Break, this is more reliable. For information arranged in a grid, never use tabs to create the text alignment. Instead, insert a table. This is always a better way to get text into a row and column format. With these 3 steps, your wife's documents will be more readable in any copy of Word on any computer. Brandwares - Advanced Office template services to the graphic design industry and select corporations.
John Korchok, Production Manager [email protected]. I'd like to offer a different approach, altogether based on what you mention about the document. It doesn't sound like it's something which the recipient needs or should be able to modify. If that's the case, sending as a PDF would be the optimum choice. It would present content as intended to be seen, minimize the likelihood of alteration & eliminate compatibility concerns. As an MVP my contributions here are purely voluntary.
Please mark Yes/No as to whether a Reply answers your question. Regards, Bob J.