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In article <79777@hydra.gatech.EDU>, gt7692b@prism.gatech.EDU (Constantinos 
Malamas) writes:
 
> 	The subject pretty much says it all. I am using WordPerfect 5.1 for
> Windows, but I lack a printer. On the other hand, there is a very nice 
> Quadra cluster next door with WP for the Macs. Will the Mac WP read and
> accept a Windows WP file? If not, is there a way (perhaps a PD/SW program) 
> to get around this?? Thanx in advance....

Yes, if you're set up appropriately.  I have a PC at home and a Mac at work.  
I have WordPerfect for Windows on the PC and WordPerfect on the Mac.  I also 
have DOS Mounter on the Mac.

If I generate a WordPerfect file on my PC, copy it to a diskette, bring it 
into work, and put the diskette into the Mac, the icon appears as a plain 
document icon.  When I go into WP on the Mac and tell it to open that file, I 
get a message that it (WP for the Mac) is doing a WP 5.0, 5.1 Import and when 
the document comes up, all the formatting is present.

Now, in order for a WP document on a Mac to be readable on a PC, I have to 
tell WP for the Mac to save it as a WP 5.0, 5.1 Export.  When I do so, the 
icon on the Mac appears as the WP icon, but instead of the feather, there are 
the letters "PC" in the icon.

** Note: WP for Windows will not recognize a file saved in the native WP for
         the Mac format (WP 2.0) -- at least I haven't been able to get it to.

Phil

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