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- > > 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? I'll be doing all of my writing on my
- > > IBM Thinkpad, and want to be prepared.
- > >
- > > Thanks in advance for any help.
- > >
- > > Chuck
- >
- > It looks like you'll be running into the classic problem
- > where IBMs save their text files with CR/LF pair when you
- > hit enter, and with a Macintosh, it's one of the two (can't
- > remember).. When you open the file on a Mac, you'll see a
- > box at the beginning of each line, because it doesn't
- > understand the extra character.. DOS Edit will open a Mac
- > text file no problem because it is aware of the missing
- > character and will convert it on the fly.
- >
- > Executor should definitely fit the bill for what you're
- > looking for... You can use it to write all your files and
- > you will be virtually without a problem.
- >
- > Another option you might think about doing is to write
- > the text files in DOS, load them up in Tex-Edit, and then
- > you can remove the extra character with one of those
- > CR-LF -> LF (or something like that) commands.. Then
- > resave and you'll be ready to go!
- >
- > Email me if you need more help,
- >
- > Jon Abbott
- > Registered E/D User
- >
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- To be fair System 7.5 has all the translations built-in. Anything you save
- on an IBM can be opened by your MAC customers transparently. At least I've
- tried Word 5.1, Excel ? , Canvas 3.?, and PageMaker 5.0.
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- -Scott
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