Can you transfer a Word document from the new OS X to Win?
I'm a complete and utter n00bie at anything that has to do with Apple since I just decided to get myself an iBook and thus switch from pc to Mac. I want to know if I can write a word document on the iBook and then finish it up at school on a pc running Win(versions 95 and up). I'm sure this question has been asked before and may in fact bother some due to its simplicity, but I would really appreciate an answer. Thanks ahead of time, n00bie in training.
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If you don't have Office v.X/Word for the Mac, you can always save as RTF.
RTF?(don't know what that is) So either way, no matter what I can open and re-edit a Works or Word document from Mac to Win right?
It's an application and platform independent file format that preserves some (but not all) formatting etc.
You shouldn't need to resort to this as Word documents are fully interchangeable between Word on the Mac and Word on the PC. I believe the latest version of AppleWorks can also read from and write to Word documents. I don't think Word can read or write AppleWorks documents though, so make sure you transfer documents to the PC as .doc or .rtf files.
[ 12-01-2002: Message edited by: RodUK ]</p>
<strong>I believe the latest version of AppleWorks can also read from and write to Word documents.
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yes, it can.
<strong>RTF?(don't know what that is) So either way, no matter what I can open and re-edit a Works or Word document from Mac to Win right?</strong><hr></blockquote>
You can if the app you are using supports word files (like AppleWorks) or if you have MacLinkPlus 13.
[ 12-01-2002: Message edited by: Spart ]</p>