[ZOM 77]

hi,

im selling an old mac of mine ,
and including MS Office for it
(OS X _ Office X)

well the prospect buyer is a writer,
and she i a pc user ,
this would be her first mac . . .

she claims that on the mac - MS Office looks different
she says that 12pt type doesnt look like 12pt type,
i tried adjusting the magnification of the document,
but she was unsatisfied,
she claims that on every pc she ever used it looked the same,
and i could not duplicate it for her on the mac,
i even tried changing the resolution . . .

anyone have any recommendations ?
i really need to sell this mac -

thanks you,

- motech

[ManOfSteal]

She's losing it.

[cpac]

I think she's seeing the difference between the normal dpi of windows and macs. It's going to look different no matter what you do.

I would think rather than worrying about trying to make it look exactly the same, you should sell her on what's different (i.e. no worries about viruses, no crashes, easy to use, etc.)

[jaimzedup]

Print something from the PC Word and print the same thing on the Mac Word and show her that they come out looking the same.

[cpac]

Originally posted by jaimzedup:
Print something from the PC Word and print the same thing on the Mac Word and show her that they come out looking the same.

careful though - they don't always.

[ZOM 77]

this sucks - if this costs me the sale im gonna be really pissed
dam anal chicks


ok thanks guys

- motech

[CatOne]

Originally posted by ZOM 77:
this sucks - if this costs me the sale im gonna be really pissed
dam anal chicks


ok thanks guys

- motech

Anal chicks are sweet. You should try it.

[ZOM 77]

anywhoooo

i ended up selling her on the fact that she can use quark
or indesign to write her book in proper formats and layouts

hopefully she buys it . . .

thanks guys

and im not sure about the whole anal thing . . .
(eeewww doooodieeee)

[jaimzedup]

Originally posted by CatOne:
Anal chicks are sweet. You should try it.

Awesome.

[saddino]

Originally posted by cpac:
I think she's seeing the difference between the normal dpi of windows and macs. It's going to look different no matter what you do.

Yup, this issue also often comes up with web page rendering (Windows standard 96 dpi vs Mac standard 72 dpi).