[muglo] Re: Communicating with Windoze

Many , many thanks Martin for such a helpfully explicit answer.  MUGLO 
membership pays off again !! :-)

I'll try your various alternative solutions , but feel sure the first 
one will suffice

Thanks again for your time and consideration in replying


Ilbert


On 27 Jan 2004, at 9:10 AM, Martin Albinger wrote:

> 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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