[erw]

This is not as easy as it sounds!! I need to be able to share word documents in a mixed Mac/PC.

The problem is the word files contain embedded links to excel tables (so if the table is updated in excel it is changed in the word document too). However when you edit the word doucument on a mac then save it, then try and open it on a PC all the links have been broken!?!

I feel there must be a simple solution but I cannot see it. If I cannot solve it I will have to buy a PC. Please help!!!

[ashtoash]

Why are you linking it into the word document? They should be separate files then added later or made into a simple table. This is a poor way to do it even from pc-to-pc....

They should be separate files, why do you need to edit excel tables in word? Why can't you just pass along the excel file?

If you need to print the excel table into a word document you could create an excel sheet, that saves into a "blank" template word document in the same directory.

[erw]

There are multiple people editing different parts of a document over a period of time. Data is gathered and added to the excel sheet which needs to be reflected in the word doc.

Is there a microsoft word forum?

[Appleman]

Originally Posted by erw

There are multiple people editing different parts of a document over a period of time. Data is gathered and added to the excel sheet which needs to be reflected in the word doc.

Is there a microsoft word forum?

Here?

[erw]

no help there, thanks anyway..

[Macola]

I don't think there's an easy fix. If you're linking to files from Word (Windows or Mac) the pathnames will break every time you transfer the file to a different system, because Word uses absolute pathnames. Something like "C:\My Documents\Whatever" will have no meaning on a Mac.

[erw]

The path names should remain the same as we are all editing the one document stored on a server on the network

[cpac]

Originally Posted by erw

The path names should remain the same as we are all editing the one document stored on a server on the network

Except that PCs and Macs see path names differently. All windows paths (even to the server) will look something like: KProject\ExcelFile.xls - the same file on a Mac will look like /Network/Server/Project/Excelfile.xls

[erw]

Thanks for your help. Looks like I will have to try an persuade them to ditch PCs and get all macs

[Appleman]

Originally Posted by erw

Thanks for your help. Looks like I will have to try an persuade them to ditch PCs and get all macs

[ashtoash]

Originally Posted by cpac

Except that PCs and Macs see path names differently. All windows paths (even to the server) will look something like: KProject\ExcelFile.xls - the same file on a Mac will look like /Network/Server/Project/Excelfile.xls

Why don't you put the 2 files in the same directory? I'm totally confused as to why everyone wants to make this so hard....

If you put word.doc in the same DIRECTORY as excel.xls file then the word document can just link to it by calling up excel.xls rather than a full path, IE the full path is "excel.xls"

Word really wasn't designed for collaborating like this, you guys are going to work on the file at the same time and screw it up when saving.

really people should just be doing separate things and submitting the changes to somebody who's responsible for assembly. Or if your brave use pdflib and make a PHP file on the server that cracks out PDFs.

What data in the office is everyone sharing?