.pps and .doc files are documents for Powerpoint and Word respectively. Word
files should be loadable by most recent Mac word processor (I can read
Office 97 files in Appleworks 5 fine). Most newer MacOSes also come with
MacLink which can translate documents. For .pps files you'll probably need
the Powerpoint viewer available from Microsoft, or Office 98/2001 (what are
the dates for Mac? I forget offhand as I don't use it :) )
As for .exe files, those are the actual program files. The only way to run
those on a Mac would be to get an emulator like VPC or Bochs. More than
likely, you don't want/need to run them anyway, as they're more than likely
viruses or stupid cards or something :) Especially vbs files...
Hope this helps :)
Scott Holder
----- Original Message -----
From: "jlh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 11:32 PM
Subject: .exe.doc.pps, etc
> Folks, Running an 8100/100/8.1/32mg... constantly getting .exe/.pps/.doc
> stuff
> from my ignorant nonMac friends that it would be nice to be able to open
>
> from time to time. Pls advise how best to do this. Thanks to all the
> gurus out there. You have kept me medjum sane. TIA, Jerry H.
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