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Re: Text file: DOS to MAC
>I begin work on Monday with an organization that has only Macintosh
>computers. If I type a plain ASCII file in DOS, can I easily open it
>on a Macintosh, or do I need some sort of emulator program to save it
>in a format particular to Mac?
Yes this will work.
> I'll be doing all of my writing on my
>IBM Thinkpad, and want to be prepared.
>
If they are running Mac OS 7.5, even without third party software the mac
will read PC DOS formatted disks. Also most Mac word processors will read
PC format word processor files. Not only that, they will write files in
those formats.
So you could start a document on your IBM using Microsoft Word (Or
WordPerfect or whatever), take it to work, open and add to it in
ClarisWorks, WordPerfect, Nisus, (Or <gag> Microsoft Word), save the
changes in the files original format, then Take it home and finish it on
your IBM.
Heck this would even work without 7.5 with the right software.
Cheerios,
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