Docx file art?

[3Deep]

Any of you get Docx files for art, I,ve been getting them and I can't open them even thought Illy sez it can....what do you guys do if you get a docx file for art files.

Darryl

[mk162]

it's a word doc, you can get a converter from windows(for free) to be able to open them in word.

they suck because they will switch fonts and not tell you.  You are better off getting a PDF or WMF from word.

[3Deep]

Thanks Brad, I've tried to tell my custys, but they can't understand why or they don't how to convert to WMF or PDF....

Darryl

[ebscreen]

Open Office will handle them as well. An alternative to the borg.

[Frog]

Open Office will handle them as well. An alternative to the borg.

But once again possibly switch fonts

[Sbrem]

Darryl, open it in Word. Then go to "Print" and print to file (pdf) in Windows, or "save as pdf" in the Mac print dialog (bottom left corner, PDF button...). Once you have the pdf, "Place" it in Illy, then go to Flatten Transparency in the Object menu; make sure the "convert fonts to outlines" box is checked. After that, if necessary, "Release from Clipping Mask" and voila, outlined text, that should be in the right place, not reformatted. To test this, just set any old type in Word, and save as a pdf and go forth...

Steve

[3Deep]

Thanks Steve, but my problem is I,m still on a XP machine and don't have the updated docx word program, didn't think I needed it but now I,m having second thoughts.

Darryl

[inkman996]

Thanks Steve, but my problem is I,m still on a XL machine and don't have the updated docx word program, didn't think I needed it but now I,m having second thoughts.

Darryl

You don't need to waste your money on Microsoft office, down load OpenOffice for free. Not only does it handle word documents but also excels.

[Sbrem]

Thanks Steve, but my problem is I,m still on a XP machine and don't have the updated docx word program, didn't think I needed it but now I,m having second thoughts.

Darryl

I'm running Office 2004 for Mac, there are updates for users of older versions. The last resort here is to have your customer save it as a pdf for you then...

Steve

you can email it to me and I'll give it a try for you if you like...
 

[royster13]

Just take the X off the end and any version of word should open them....

[3Deep]

Royster I hope you're just pulling my chain, that would be way easy

Darryl

[mk162]

there is a free patch for word that will allow it to open docx files.

I used openoffice for a while, it's ok. 

[Chadwick]

Openoffice or the docx viewer or anything else mentioned.

At the end of the day, they likely just embedded a low-res jpeg into a word-processing file anyway.

 

[mk162]

and then probably some sweet word-art with drop shadows and poorly arched words.

[Sbrem]

Openoffice or the docx viewer or anything else mentioned.

At the end of the day, they likely just embedded a low-res jpeg into a word-processing file anyway.

 

However, if they used Office's clipart, if converted to pdf and placed in Illustrator (Corel too maybe?) they are vector. I've found that usually happens after I trash somebody over giving me a damned Word file, only to find out it's OK...

Steve