lomow@jade.uucp (Greg Lomow) (06/05/91)
Salu, I use both a Mac SE/30 running Multifinder 6.0.4 and an Everex Tempo LX running MS-DOS. I use Microsoft Word on the Mac. I am going to get Microsoft Word for my DOS laptop. Will it be easy (trival) to move files back and forth? Here is what I hope for. Write document on Mac. Save As to MS-DOS format. Copy file to diskette using Apple File Exchange utility. Move floopy to laptop. Start Word and read in the file. All formating and layout is retained going in both directions. Sounds great in theory but is it going to work? I know I can move diskettes back and forth using Apple File Exchange. Is there anything I need to know about compatible versions of Mac Word, MS-DOS Word, the Mac Finder, MS-DOS, or Apple File Exchange to make all of this work? Thanks Greg --
it23026@seahorse.micro.umn.edu ( ???) (06/06/91)
lomow@jade.uucp (Greg Lomow) writes: >Salu, >I use both a Mac SE/30 running Multifinder 6.0.4 and an Everex >Tempo LX running MS-DOS. I use Microsoft Word on the Mac. I am >going to get Microsoft Word for my DOS laptop. Will it be easy >(trival) to move files back and forth? >Here is what I hope for. Write document on Mac. Save As to MS-DOS >format. Copy file to diskette using Apple File Exchange utility. >Move floopy to laptop. Start Word and read in the file. All >formating and layout is retained going in both directions. >Sounds great in theory but is it going to work? I know I can move >diskettes back and forth using Apple File Exchange. >Is there anything I need to know about compatible versions of Mac >Word, MS-DOS Word, the Mac Finder, MS-DOS, or Apple File Exchange >to make all of this work? >Thanks >Greg >-- Yes, I know it is going to work, but be sure to save all in MS-DOS format, instead of normal format
fosterr@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Raymond W. Foster) (06/06/91)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: Mircosoft Word Summary: Expires: References: <1991Jun4.214126.9638@jade.uucp> Sender: Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington Keywords: In article <1991Jun4.214126.9638@jade.uucp> lomow@jade.uucp (Greg Lomow) writes: >Salu, > >I use both a Mac SE/30 running Multifinder 6.0.4 and an Everex >Tempo LX running MS-DOS. I use Microsoft Word on the Mac. I am >going to get Microsoft Word for my DOS laptop. Will it be easy >(trival) to move files back and forth? > Another possibility is to use MacLink. It allows you to transfer files directly between a Mac and PC by means of a serial cable (similar to Lap Link). It also includes a set of Apple File Exchange translators that will probably do the Mac-Word to DOS-Word translation in the process. I've seen the package listed in mail-order catalogs for about $130 (including cables). The translators are another $100 or so (the translators can be used with Apple File Exchange alone as well). Ray Foster Indiana University, Bloomington IN