Compatible with Word 97 through Word 2003 for Windows and Word 98 through Word 2004 for Mac. Rich Text Format (.rtf) Exports document content and formatting to a format that other applications, including compatible Microsoft programs, can read and interpret. Jump to Word 2004 - Microsoft Word is a word processor which possesses a dominant market share in the word processor market. Its proprietary DOC.
Demo may refuse to open large files Apr 8, 2008 But your problem seems to be different. Native Trados translations memories won't open in WF or in any other application (and, of course, “this is not a Wordfast file”). As for TMX, try to open it with any text editor capable of reading different encodings and see, in which encoding the TM is saved. Then play with encodings, try to save to UTF-16(LE) at least.
I can't advise on an editor specific to Mac, but a good one is jEdit. It requires Java, but Mac is said to have it pre-installed with the operating system. I still have the same problem. Apr 11, 2008 I've also recently switched to MAC and have experienced exactly the same problem with Wordfast - it won't open any TMs, even ones I have recently made in Word 2004 for Mac (Leopard). I didn't quite understand your last couple of sentences: you've decided to run a virtual PC on your Mac (which I don't want to do, and fully understand your reluctance to take this approach) but then you said something about converting TMs with Oliphant, and Wordfast being happier with Word? I'd be grateful if you could clarify this: have you fully abandoned Wordfast for Mac? Or have you found a solution to make it work?
Thanks for any help. Wordfast for MAC, are there any updates? Oct 8, 2009 Hello! Thank you all for the information that you have provided. Since it is from last year, however, I was wondering if there are any updates regarding the possibility for use of Wordfast on a Mac? Since I passed over to Mac I am finding it challenging for work on translations, but don't want to give up! You have all mentioned Trados.
Do you actually need that to convert the files to a format that Wordfast can work with? As far as I know, what is really required is Word for Mac 2004.
Thanks a lot! Mick De Meyer wrote: I too have a Mac (MacBook Pro, 2009) and would like to use WordFast, but I have Office 2008 and apparently it's not compatible. Does anyone know where I can still find the 2004 version of Word? Or would the soon-to-be-released WordFast 6 solve this compatibility problem? Unfortunately, you cannot install Wordfast Classic into MS Word 2008 because Word 2008 does not support Visual Basic which is required for Wordfast Classic. However, you can use Wordfast Professional, the stand-alone application, which does not depend on MS Word.
You can download and install the latest version of Wordfast Professional available at: I hope this helps. If you have any further questions, please let me know. Best regards, Yasmin Moslem Wordfast Support Team.