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Article #813Re: Word 5.0 (Mac) --> Word for Windows (IBM) ?
From: Maurice van Keulen
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1993 06:57
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1993 06:57
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In article <fosterr.21.2C822CA8@indiana.edu>, fosterr@indiana.edu (Raymond Foster) writes: |> Or simply get the file onto a PC: Word for Windows can open Mac Word files |> (if the appropriate conversion filter is installed). I take files back and |> forth between Word for the Mac and Windows fairly regularly, and I've found it |> works better to always keep the file in Mac format: apparently Word for |> Windows does better job of conversion than Word for Mac. I've found the opposite to work best. I (using MSWord for Windows) exchange regularly documents with people using Macs. If we transfer the files in Mac-format, no pictures survive the transfer. Transferring documents in MSWord for Windows format only shows some color/pattern mistakes. The text and formatting works perfectly in either format. Maurice. +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Maurice van Keulen University of Twente | | Subdepartment: Information Systems Dept. of Computer Science | | Room: KCT 207 P.O. Box 217 | | Phone : +31 53 894190 7500 AE Enschede | | e-mail : keulen@cs.utwente.nl The Netherlands | +------------------------------------------------------------------+
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78a4,445aefa77a3318e8 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78a4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-09-03 00:43:59 PST Newsgroups: bit.mailserv.word-mac Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!mcsun!sun4nl!utciva.civ.utwente.nl!infnews!infnews!keulen From: keulen@cs.utwente.nl (Maurice van Keulen) Subject: Re: Word 5.0 (Mac) --> Word for Windows (IBM) ? Message-ID: <1993Sep3.085742@cs.utwente.nl> Sender: usenet@cs.utwente.nl Nntp-Posting-Host: race_track.cs.utwente.nl Organization: University of Twente, Dept. of Computer Science References: <26AUG93.17371905@uwpg02.uwinnipeg.ca> <93242.085857ICH530@DJUKFA11.BITNET> <fosterr.21.2C822CA8@indiana.edu> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1993 06:57:42 GMT Lines: 23