Simon_Kok@resbbs.UUCP (Simon Kok) (06/24/91)
Salutations, we are a very small company with three key members that share data (word processing documents) with each other. One person has an Atari ST, another with a IBM thing, and I a Macintosh IIcx. At the present we are converting the documents to ASCII so each computer wil be able to read it. We find this process very time consuming - what we would like to do is keep the formatting, font styles, sizes the same when converting from ATARI ST <--> IBM <--> MAC. Is there some way to retain the word processing format? We have MS Word for the Mac and IBM. Is there one avaiable for the ATARI ST? If so, can a IBM Word document (with type styles etc) be used with the Macintosh and ATARI ST? Simon Kok
suitti@ima.isc.com (Stephen Uitti) (06/24/91)
In article <Simon_Kok.3478@resbbs.UUCP> Simon_Kok@resbbs.UUCP (Simon Kok) writes: >Salutations, we are a very small company with three key members that share >data (word processing documents) with each other. One person has an Atari >ST, another with a IBM thing, and I a Macintosh IIcx. > >At the present we are converting the documents to ASCII so each computer wil >be able to read it. We find this process very time consuming - what we would >like to do is keep the formatting, font styles, sizes the same when >converting >from ATARI ST <--> IBM <--> MAC. Is there some way to retain the word >processing format? We have MS Word for the Mac and IBM. Is there one >avaiable for the ATARI ST? If so, can a IBM Word document (with type styles >etc) be used with the Macintosh and ATARI ST? > >Simon Kok MS Word for the Mac & PC clone can exchange files. Word for the Mac can read/write RTF files, the native form for PC clone Word. I don't know of anything for the Atari, off hand. Since the format of RTF is public (ask Microsoft), it is at least possible that a converter exists. Stephen. suitti@ima.isc.com "We Americans want peace, and it is now evident that we must be prepared to demand it. For other peoples have wanted peace, and the peace they received was the peace of death." - the Most Rev. Francis J. Spellman, Archbishop of New York. 22 September, 1940
pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby) (06/25/91)
In article <Simon_Kok.3478@resbbs.UUCP> Simon_Kok@resbbs.UUCP (Simon Kok) writes: >Salutations, we are a very small company with three key members that share >data (word processing documents) with each other. One person has an Atari >ST, another with a IBM thing, and I a Macintosh IIcx. I'd hazard a guess that using Rich Text Format for your interchange might work. I know the IBM and Mac versions of Word can deal with it; I can't say if there is a word processor for the Atari ST that will interpret it. It is something of a lowest-common denominator for formatted text, so there is bound to be some offering for the ST. -- | Paul E. Jacoby, 3M Company, 3M Center, 235-3F-27 | | Maplewood, MN 55144-1000 .-----------------------------------| | => pejacoby@3m.com | I'm afraid this is getting | | (612) 737-3211 | too silly! |