ldh@hcx1.SSD.HARRIS.COM (09/06/88)
Would someone please edificate me as to the differences betweem MACs and IBMs versions of WORD? (besides the interface and the MACs graphics inclusion abilities). Leo Hinds
lawriel@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (09/06/88)
This is an interesting discussion. We have had the opposite kind of problem in that we can get PC-WORD to read MAC-WORD files (saved as 'MS-DOS') just fine but cannot go the other way. Of course, we are using straight disk-to-disk transfers rather than going thru another machine. If anyone can enlighten us on getting the MAC to read PC files, we'd appreciate it. You could mail responses directly. Linda Lawrie lawrie@lkl.cecer.army.mil or lawriel@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu
jhenry@randvax.UUCP (Jim Henry) (09/15/88)
The Macintosh version of Word does a reasonably good job of reading and writing files in PC Word format. The biggest problem I know about is in the area of style sheets. Reading a PC Word file, the style sheet is translated within the limits of style sheets on the Mac. Writing a PC Word file, no style sheet is used. This hints at the question of what are the differences between Word on the Mac and on the PC. The biggest in my opinion is the way style sheets are handled. Mac PC Style sheets are part of a document Style sheets are seperate files Paragraph styles only Division (section), paragraph, and character styles Styles can have multiple names of One two character name considerable length Styles can be based on another style Every style is independent Style can specify following file " There are also a number of lesser difference in terms of non-overlapping features and features with slightly different implementations.