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From: cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MAC Word 3.01 <-> IBM Word 4.0 conversions
Keywords: Macintosh IBM Microsoft Word
Message-ID: <429@optilink.UUCP>
Date: 2 Sep 88 17:49:45 GMT
References: <6233@rosevax.Rosemount.COM>
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Organization: Optilink Corporation, Petaluma, CA
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In article <6233@rosevax.Rosemount.COM>, peterj@rosevax.Rosemount.COM (Peter Juhl) writes:
> I am trying to transfer a document from our Macintosh Microsoft
> Word 3.01 to our IBM PS/2 running Ms Word 4.0. After "Saving As"
> a MS/Dos word file, I uploaded to our unix system using "kermit -i".
> I then downloaded the file to my IBM, again with "kermit -i".
> Upon opening the document in Word 4.0, I see some garbage at the top, 
> the contents of the document (sprinkled lightly with garbage characters
> here and there), and a bunch of garbage at the bottom. 
> 
> I have a feeling that the file is being corrupted during the upload or
> download.  
> Peter Juhl, Rosemount Inc.

I don't think the problem is upload/download corruption.  We have PCs
and Macs sharing a mixed network of Ethernet and Tops.  Files can be
transferred in either direction without alteration.  We can turn PC Word
3.0 or 4.0 files into Mac Word 3.01 files with little effort -- the
other direction doesn't seem to work at all.

I wish Microsoft would add Mac Word translation into PC Word.

Clayton E. Cramer