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From: jhenry@randvax.UUCP (Jim Henry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MAC Word 3.01 <-> IBM Word 4.0 conv
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Date: 14 Sep 88 18:54:48 GMT
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The Macintosh version of Word does a reasonably good job of reading and
writing files in PC Word format.  The biggest problem I know about is
in the area of style sheets.  Reading a PC Word file, the style sheet is
translated within the limits of style sheets on the Mac.  Writing a PC Word
file, no style sheet is used.

This hints at the question of what are the differences between Word on the
Mac and on the PC.  The biggest in my opinion is the way style sheets are
handled.

Mac                                     PC

Style sheets are part of a document     Style sheets are seperate files

Paragraph styles only                   Division (section), paragraph, and
					character styles

Styles can have multiple names of       One two character name
considerable length

Styles can be based on another style    Every style is independent

Style can specify following file           "


There are also a number of lesser difference in terms of non-overlapping
features and features with slightly different implementations.