Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Path: utzoo!censor!geac!alias!rsargent
From: rsargent@alias.UUCP (Richard Sargent)
Subject: Re: Word for Windows ---> Word for Mac
Message-ID: <1991Jan7.211307.7267@alias.uucp>
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Organization: Alias Research Inc., Toronto ON Canada
References: <1991Jan6.025625.18789@dmntor.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 91 21:13:07 GMT

In article <1991Jan6.025625.18789@dmntor.UUCP> djm@dmntor.UUCP (Dave McKellar @ Digital Media Networks) writes:
>I saved a Word for Windows file "normal" style and then tried
>to open it with Word for the Mac.  Word for Mac opened it BUT
>didn't GET that it was a document - ie there were tons of
>funny characters where formatting should have been.
>
>So what's the trick?  It must be possible to transfer documents
>between the two programs ... how ?
>

I believe that somewhere, buried in the MS Word for Windows
documentation, there is a statement to the effect that you
can only exchange files between a Mac and Windows if you put
it in RTF format first (RTF = Rich Text Format). See "Save As...".

Good luck.