[mac software] Mac Office 2010 issue with Windows Office 2007

[spq1216]

Hi All,

 

I have a staff member here that users her own macbook. She created an Excel doc in Office 2010 for for mac. She sent it to another teacher who has office 2007. They asked for my help because some drop down list in the original document (mac office 2010) is not displaying in office 2007 for windows.

 

I verified the 2007 windows user was not in protected mode. After looking into this I suggested he download the Microsoft Office compatibility pack then try as it has a mention of a drop down list fix.

 

When I spoke to him on Monday he had not downloaded the compatibility pack, he claimed the mac user told him "That does not work, I tried it at home with my sons computer" I told him to download it anyway and give it a try himself. So far no word yet.

 

Just wondering if anyone had noticed anything funny when sending office files across platforms?