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Wordfast Classic: Supported platforms

Platform Tested Remarks
Windows 95, 98, Me Yes Passed
Windows NT 4 Yes Passed
Windows 2000 Yes Passed
Windows XP Yes Passed
Windows Vista Yes Passed (UAC in the Control Panel may need to be off)
Windows 7 Yes Passed (UAC in the Control Panel may need to be off)
Mac OS 7, 8, 9 Yes * Running *
Mac OSX (recommended: OSX 10.3.4 or above) Yes * Running *
Linux (Mandrake, XFCE, VMWare & Office 97) Yes Passed - see pics
Linux (Suse, KDE2 + Crossover & Word 2000) Yes Passed - see pics

*Ms-Office/Mac may need tuning to optimize performance with Wordfast. Thoroughly try Wordfast on your Mac before purchasing - the large demo mode allows all features to be tested.
See the manual's troubleshooting section. Office X users must install the MS Office X patch"

Ms-Word version Tested Remarks
Word 97 / PC, all languages incl. Semitic, Chinese/Japanese etc Yes Passed. Works with or without SR-1, SR-2 etc
Word 2000 / PC, all languages incl. Semitic, Chinese/Japanese etc Yes Passed. Works with or without SR-1, SR-2 etc
Word 98, 2001 / Mac
Mac OSX is recommended to run Wordfast on a Mac
Yes * Running *
Word X / Mac (you must install the MS Office X patch Yes * Running *
Word 2002 (Office XP), Word 2003 - all languages incl. Semitic, Chinese/Japanese etc. Yes Passed
Word 2007 - all languages incl. Semitic, Chinese/Japanese etc. Yes Passed
Word 2010 - all languages incl. Semitic, Chinese/Japanese etc. Yes Passed
Word 2004 / Mac Yes * Running *
Word 2008 / Mac N/A Not supported **
beta Word 2011 / Mac Yes *** (new!)

** Microsoft removed VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) support from Word:Mac 2008.
***Word:Mac 2011 is released as beta (as of going to press, June 2010), but was found to be functional. Wordfast is very fast on it; but requires a manual installation as follows: with Ms-Word's Tools / Add-Ons menu, open the wordfast.dot template, and/or have it checked.

 

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