Sharing docs between Mac and PC

From: Richard Treadgold (richard_at_NOSPAMwordshine.com)
Date: 05/03/04 

Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 10:30:25 GMT

I'm sharing documents with a friend of mine. I use Word 97 on a PC, he uses
Appleworks (I don't know which version yet) on a Mac.

Opening the files in Word, I usually find I have to choose "Recover text
from any file" to avoid the pages and pages of empty rectangle symbols, but
even so, many special characters and punctuation marks get converted
incorrectly to foreign language characters. It's a real nuisance handling
them, because soon the text we're working on will be published, so we don't
want any rubbish at all in the files.

In the absence of conversion software such as MacLink, I suspect the easiest
way to avoid these errors might be to Save as… .rtf on the Mac before
transfer to the PC.

Do you agree? Would you have any other suggestions?

I don't have a Mac, yet I want to tell my friend precisely what to do, and
what to expect, or he'll panic because he hasn't been using computers for
very long.

So, on the Mac, where is the Save as… option? Is it File | Save as…? Then do
you select rtf from a drop-down list? Are there any other issues I might
warn him about? Or anything else that would help him?

I'd really appreciate any help you can offer.

Thank you very much,

Richard

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Anyone Here Driving a Hybrid yet?
    ... the Mac UI of today is nothing like the pre-Unix Macs. ... I've seen it, a friend has one. ... Yeah, but it won't hold the entire book on tape I'm working through ... trailer park downloading songs would never ever be able to buy the 1,000 ...
    (rec.crafts.metalworking)
  • Re: Another reason for hunting...
    ... Hunters for the Hungry. ... John H ... I have a close friend who is widowed with two teenage kids and ... You are responding to an ID spoofer...I use a mac to post. ...
    (rec.boats)
  • Re: Mac OS X text editor
    ... >>I'm helping a friend of mine via email to fix simple html code. ... >>Which text editor comes installed in Mac OS X? ... which saves as RTF by default. ...
    (comp.sys.mac.apps)
  • Re: Sharing docs between Mac and PC
    ... On the mac, your friend will likely have to put the ".rtf" on the end of the ... Macs do not require or use filename extensions. ...
    (microsoft.public.word.conversions)
  • Re: Reinstall office on new disk
    ... >> disk and creates many thousands of registry entries. ... One of the things I like about most Mac software is that you ... A very good friend of mine (someone with whom I'd like ... In memory of MS MVP Alex Nichol: http://www.dts-l.org/ ...
    (microsoft.public.office.setup)
Quantcast