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- From: pgravel@nap.amoco.com (Philip L. Gravel)
- Subject: Re: Are WordPerfect for Windows file portable to Macs ?????
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.184245.1829@nap.amoco.com>
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- Reply-To: pgravel@nap.amoco.com (Philip L. Gravel)
- Organization: Amoco Chemical Company
- References: <79777@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:42:45 GMT
- Lines: 35
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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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- Amoco Chemical Company, Chicago, IL Phone: (312)856-3553
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