Files created on VISTA will be just as readable as files created on XP. What your friend may be referring to is that the new Office for Windows is using a different file format that its predecessors. So, without the FREE file converter, NOBODY will be able to read files created in the new Office.
MS have already released the converter which will enable you to read all you need
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Hello, all,
I've searched for all messages regarding Vista, both here and in the Mac software forums. I read a lot of them, too, but couldn't find an answer to my question. I hope I'm asking in the right place.
A friend of mine who has an Intel iMac running OS 10.4.x mentioned that she had heard that when Vista comes, we Mac owners won't be able to read (or receive?) files created on a Vista-bearing computer--not even those created in an application or suite (e.g., MS Office) that has a Mac equivalent. Can that be true? MacLinkPlus sprang to my mind as a possible translator, but if Vista files are really inaccessible to a Mac, that won't help, will it? Unless, that is, a MacLinkPlus update will have translators for Vista files. It would impose an extra expense on Mac users, but if it would do the trick, it might prove necessary for us all to get it. (After the initial investment, the updates are fairly inexpensive.)
It all seems highly unlikely, but I thought I'd ask. Sorry, Bob Profitt and mrmacfixit, if this seems to be really a PC question, but I don't think it is: It's about a Mac being able to handle Vista files as much as about Vista-based apps creating (or not) files that a Mac can open and otherwise use.
Thanks in advance for your answer(s), I'm asking for a friend, but clearly, it will soon pertain to any of us Mac people.
jenny

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