[muglo] Re: Communicating with Windoze

Ilbert Walker wrote:

> 
> Would be interested in hearing of others solutions to this problem of=20
> communicating with the other 95% of the world !
> 
> Buy MacLink or similar translator  ?
> Buy MS Word or Office?
> Buy MS Entourage ? ( little use to me as a retiree)
> some other work around ?
> 

The cheapest way : You have a G5 correct? If so it likely came 
with Appleworks 6.2.x.  As long as the .doc files are not too 
complex AW6 does a fine job of translating them.  Doubleclicking 
may not open the file or start the translation process so you may 
have to start up AW6 go to File : Open beside "All Types" it 
normally says Appleworks choose "All Available"  then navigate to 
where your MS.doc file is a select it and open. In most cases AW6 
will open and translate the file.

After working on it you can reverse the process using File : Save 
As : then choose the file format you want - MS Word 97, 2000 is 
the most recent one listed on my system.  You might suggest to 
those sending you files to do a Save As at their end using MS 97 
as the format - makes for fewer headaches for you.

Next cheapest way: send files in pdf format (tougher to do 
cheaply on the PC OS 8 and 9 users can get PrinttoPDF - simple 
and slick; OS X can do it all by its lonley)
Next less cheap way: Buy MacLink
Next less cheap way: Buy MS Word (if all you trade are WP files)
Next less cheap way: Buy Office
Next less cheap way: Buy Virtual PC and Word
Next less cheap way: Buy VPC and Office
Next less cheap way: Buy a used PC that has Office on it 
(unethical / piracy?)
Next less cheap way: Buy a Cheap PC (might be cheaper than 
getting Office for the Mac and have it already installed

Hope that helps




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