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Mar 9, 2012 - I understand MS Word for Windows and MS Word for Mac are. Alike -- in other words, if I transfer a.docx file from Windows OS to Mac OS there. Replied on March 10, 2012. Article Author.|. Volunteer Moderator. The Microsoft Office file format is for Word, Excel and PowerPoint files between Mac and PC.
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In general the 'common stuff' goes back and forth between platforms with no problems. Differing sets of fonts, various levels of support for showing colors, etc., between platforms can cause documents to appear differently on Windows vs macOS. Word has a compatibility checker than can help report on portions of documents that may not translate well to other versions of Word: Here's a document from Microsoft's support knowledge base that covers the topic of sharing MS Office documents amongst various versions of Office: This article is focused on Powerpoint, but offers good tips about compatibility that apply to Word as well.