Dear Apple, GFY again and again.

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  • stewdio0

    @nb Why are you still on about this? It's one command: "Save As..." I'm just going to copy and paste my earlier post because obviously it hasn't sunken in yet:

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    It's called "Save As."
    http://discussions.info.apple.co…...
    This iWork '09 behavior is no different than Microsoft Office, or Adobe CS programs, or anything else really that has multiple file format versions. Next time try thinking through the problem rather than posting a GFY thread.

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    Get on the phone with your client. Go through the process of how to "Save As." Shouldn't take more than 10 minutes. And it's easy to memorize, but if they're forgetful you can ask them to write down the steps while you're on the phone explaining it to them. And then this will never be an issue again with that client. Or better yet, how much are you making on this job? iWork '09 is only $79. Just consider it an operations cost. Done. Solved.

    Just to be clear, this has nothing to do with Apple. You're trying to use "evil Apple" as a scapegoat to cover for your laziness. I'm not saying this as a fan of Apple. It would be equally true if the company was Microsoft or Adobe or Google or whatever. Apple updated their file format, but left an option in to save down to a version for *this exact situation.* No excuses.

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    • Ironic how Adobe somehow doesn't have that problem...zarkonite
    • Uh... Ever try to open CS4 docs in CS3? Same issue.stewdio
    • not if you didn't change your default of making files backwards compatible... it also warns you when that is on and you try to save a file with newer featureszarkonite
    • you try to save a file with newer features.zarkonite
    • Adobe totally has this problem, what are you talking about?arthur
    • Almost ALL software has this issue. Backward compatibility is cool, but too much slows things down.monospaced
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