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Mac Forum / Applications / Word / May 2008QuickLook Not displaying Docx docs
Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: intel Quicklook does not display Docx documents. Please advise. Well, I don't know what to advise you of - Quick Look is an OS X feature provided by Apple, not Microsoft, and besides, it works fine with .docx files here. When you save, however, make sure you have the box checked to Append File Extensions. Otherwise Leopard doesn't seem to know what it's looking at & just gives generic display instead of content. If that doesn't make a difference I'd suggest you see what the Apple Discussions Forum has to say on the matter. Start here: http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=235 HTH |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 3/25/08 11:35 AM, in article ee95fd3.-1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, > Version: 2008 > Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) > Processor: intel > > Quicklook does not display Docx documents. Please advise. The one thing that I noticed is that when the document (.rtf in my case) says it is in "[Compatibility Mode]" it seems to work just fine with quicklook. But all the new documents I am saving are not in this mode so they are not rendering with quicklook. I always have extensions showing so that isn't an issue and, as I say above, quicklook works with my old files in the above. I know others have said that docx works for them but maybe it is peculiar to certain file types? Any help is appreciated. Thanks. Jonna Hello Jonna - I don't know what to tell you that I didn't include in my reply to the OP. I sincerely believe this is an issue that needs to be addressed by Apple, not MS. I don't know what you mean by "different file types" as .docx *is* a specific file type - there are no different "flavors" of it:-) The only thing I've found to be somewhat of a consistent problem is documents that contain a volume of Tracked Changes - QuickLook doesn't seem to like them very much. Other than that the few anomalies I've witnessed I would attribute to the OS X feature, itself, being somewhat buggy. Again, I'm stubbornly staying with 10.5.0, so if you've upgraded to 10.5.2 you may be seeing something different than I. If so it's all the more reason to lay it at the feet of Apple as the OS is what has changed - the .docx format hasn't. I truly don't see where it could be expected of any software developer to restructure their native file format to suit the shortcomings of a utility convenience feature offered as a minor aspect of the OS. Regards |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 5/2/08 2:47 PM, in article ee95fd3.1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, > The one thing that I noticed is that when the document (.rtf in my case) says > it is in "[Compatibility Mode]" it seems to work just fine with quicklook. But [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Jonna Hi Jonna: Quicklook is an Apple utility. Currently it reads only "Apple" XML documents (e.g. Pages) but not "Microsoft" XML documents (e.g. Word). This would be a rather silly effort to make Microsoft look bad, I suspect. I am sure that Apple will put out an update when they have had their little joke. Maybe Microsoft should encourage them, by disabling iTunes music sales on Windows for a little while :-) These games can get very silly: you would hope that large corporations would be above this stuff... Cheers On 3/05/08 4:17 AM, in article ee95fd3.1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, > The one thing that I noticed is that when the document (.rtf in my case) says > it is in "[Compatibility Mode]" it seems to work just fine with quicklook. But [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Jonna  SignatureDon't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/ Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac Nhulunbuy, NT, Australia. mailto:john@mcghie.name Par for the course for MS ;-) Its possible apple might be dragging their heels for *any* XML documents, just for pay back for years of abuse by MS. ;-) > Hi Jonna: > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >> >> Jonna Signature------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phillip M. Jones, CET |LIFE MEMBER: VPEA ETA-I, NESDA, ISCET, Sterling 616 Liberty Street |Who's Who. PHONE:276-632-5045, FAX:276-632-0868 Martinsville Va 24112 |pjones@kimbanet.com, ICQ11269732, AIM pjonescet ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If it's "fixed", don't "break it"! mailto:pjones@kimbanet.com <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/default.htm> <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/90th_Birthday/index.htm> <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/Fulcher/default.html> <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/Harris/default.htm> <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/Jones/default.htm> <http://www.vpea.org> > Par for the course for MS ;-) > [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] > > <http://www.vpea.org> Guys- this is simply fixed. just follow the direction of both apple and 'Bob Jones' above and QUOTE: make sure you have the box checked to Append File Extensions. Quicklook will read the files provided they end with .docx (otherwise it doesnt know what it's trying to quicklook) and as long as you have the quicklook plugin for office in System/ Library/ Quicklook. It's called "Office.qlgenerator" Enough with the nonsensical bitching, already! x On May 10, 1:37 pm, brookie...@gmail.com wrote: > > Par for the course for MS ;-) > [quoted text clipped - 62 lines] > > Enough with the nonsensical bitching, already! x You select this when you get to the save dialogue box in Word 2008. For files already saved, just hit return and then type .docx at the end, or create an automator workflow to do it to all of your files if you have lots. I hope this helped. |
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