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From: ericsc@microsoft.UUCP (Eric Schlegel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Weird MacWrite format for TechNotes
Message-ID: <6213@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 3 Jul 89 01:19:14 GMT
References: <840@tekno.chalmers.se>
Reply-To: ericsc@microsoft.UUCP (Eric Schlegel)
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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In article <840@tekno.chalmers.se> d83_sven_a@tekno.chalmers.se (Sven (Sciz) Ax
>Could someone please explain the strange MacWrite format several of the newer
>TechNotes have. MS Word doesn't want to read it, giving you "MacWrite Format
>Error" while trying to open it.

I noticed this when the last batch of technotes came out a few months ago
and reported it to the Word 4 team. They said they'd investigate it; I 
haven't heard anything since. They did discover a work-around, however.
Open one of these "bad" technotes in an old MacWrite (I use 4.6, I don't
know about 4.5). Then save a completely new copy of the note. Word will
now be able to read it. It's a pain, but fortunately I think only 4 of
the new technotes had this problem.

-eric
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Disclaimer: I'm only a summer intern (read: lower life form than a slime
mold). My views bear not the slightest resemblance to Microsoft's.