[muglo] Re: Communicating with Windoze

Wow !  Thanks for this response, Tee .
Very helpful . I didn't know Appleworks had MacLink built in !?
Will take your advice and follow that route

> We use Macs, we are different because we are better & we are better
> because we are different!

Seig Heil !!!  (grin!) ROTFLOL !!   But - I agree with you !

And a final thought?   from WWW Walker's Wit & Wisdom

Never ask a person what computer they use : if it?s a Mac, they will 
tell you -
If it?s not why embarrass them ?             Tom Clancy






On 27 Jan 2004, at 10:50 AM, Tee Cashmore wrote:

>
>
> Ilbert Walker wrote:
>
>> Probably like you, I regularly get MS Word and other word processer=20
>> documents from Windows users as attachments to emails, which 
>> present=20
>> problems in opening, reading or responding from a Mac.
>> Exe. files seem to be totally unopenable.   My usual response is to=20
>> request them to resend in RTF and attempt to open with Text Edit or=20
>> Appleworks'    This is a pain for them and me.
>>
>> At the same time I'm not wishing to add to our new knight, Sir 
>> William=20=
>>
>> Gate's fortunes by being forced into purchasing MS Word or Office 
>> for=20
>> the Mac,for which  dialog boxes requesting I buy always come up 
>> when=20
>> attempting to open Windows attachments.
>>
>> 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 ?
>>
>> Ditto when sending attachments to them - just use the "Window 
>> friendly"=20=
>>
>>  check box in the Mail programme?
>>
>> Am I missing something simple here?
>>
>> Any suggestions as to how you cope would be appreciated
>>
>> Ilbert
>>
>> And a final thought?   from WWW Walker's Wit ansd wisdom
>>
>> =93That would defeat the purpose=94 - as the bookstore clerk replied 
>> to =
>> the=20
>>  customer query - "where's the Self Help section?"
>>
> My suggestion is as always, use Appleworks! Version 6 under Panther now
> has Maclink built in; always did when it was Clarisworks. Even under 
> O/S
> 9 with Version 5 & Ver 11 of MacLinkPlus there were few problem files. 
> I
> have not had any problems opening Word, Excell & other stuff from the
> other side, but if they send an "exe" file that simply tells you they
> are totally computer illiterate, as I find 95% of email users are.
> We use Macs, we are different because we are better & we are better
> because we are different!
> TTFN,
> TeeC
>
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