How do I fileshare between my PC running Office and my Mac IOffice

[ducdebrabant]

I have a PC running Office Professional, and just acquired a Mac for which I
bought the IOffice Home and student edition. I have a wireless network, and
both computers are on it. I can I share files between them?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Did you check to see if your router can speak both languages?

 

[ducdebrabant]

How do I check that? It's a Netgear router, and the laptop goes through it
to get to the modem. I have no problem accessing the internet from the
Macbook.

Did you check to see if your router can speak both languages?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

I have a PC running Office Professional, and just acquired a Mac for which
I
bought the IOffice Home and student edition. I have a wireless network,
and
both computers are on it. I can I share files between them?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

That's something I've never bothered with. I'm a PC.

Check with Netgear and ask them. Barring that, stick your files on a USB and
sneakernet them over to the PC.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

How do I check that? It's a Netgear router, and the laptop goes through
it
to get to the modem. I have no problem accessing the internet from the
Macbook.

Did you check to see if your router can speak both languages?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

I have a PC running Office Professional, and just acquired a Mac for
which
I
bought the IOffice Home and student edition. I have a wireless
network,
and
both computers are on it. I can I share files between them?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I have a PC running Office Professional, and just acquired a Mac for which I
bought the IOffice Home and student edition. I have a wireless network, and
both computers are on it. I can I share files between them?

There are two questions here, really.

One is whether the two versions of Office are compatible enough to let you
share files. Probabably so, though Mac/Windows Office compatibility isn't
perfect, and it's generally a Very Bad Idea to toss files back and forth,
editing on both sides. Stick to one or the other until the file's finished,
then open it on the other side to check for glitches.

The other question is whether you can move files between the two systems
wirelessly. You need a connection between the computers; that could be an
ethernet cable or the wireless adapters and router. If you can browse the web
from both computers, you've got that part covered.

Then you need to share folders and files on one computer in a way that the
other computer can understand. Generally this is simplest if you share from
the Windows PC and connect to the shared folders from the Mac.

One of the Mac newsgroups or a google search on e.g. "connect to pc share from
mac" should give you the "how-to" on that.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

That's something I've never bothered with. I'm a PC.

Check with Netgear and ask them. Barring that, stick your files on a USB and
sneakernet them over to the PC.

Routers and other network devices aren't Mac or PC-specific.

Non-issue.