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From: hd7x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Sanjay Aiyagari)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Mac PICT to PC (in Word for Windows)?
Message-ID: <1991Apr2.181727.3817@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
Date: 2 Apr 91 18:17:27 EDT
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In article <10285@pitt.UUCP>, jonathan@cs.pitt.edu (Jonathan Eunice) writes:
> I'm trying to use Word on both the Mac (version 4.0) and Windows
> (version 1.1).  Using RTF files, just about everything comes over
> nicely (although some font names are annoyingly different).  Drawings
> in Mac PICT format do not come over at all.  This is a major headache;
> it kills all my hopes of good "interoperability" between my desktop
> machine and my laptop.  Bummer.
>
> Is there any way to get PICT files to transfer properly?  If not, what
> are my next best options?  Will translation programs like Word for Word
> help me?  Must I go to EPS or some other less desireable format on the
> Mac?  What can I do?

I believe there is a commercial program called MacLinkPlus/PC (by DataViz if I
recall correctly) that converts from numerous Mac word processing formats to PC
formats, including graphics.

Sanjay Aiyagari (hd7x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu)