On Wednesday 17 January 2007 23:30, + Jason wrote: > [ MODERATED ] ******************** > I have a document created on OpenOffice1.1.2 on my MAC and need to print > them off on a PC. I tried emailing them to myself but failed because the > file wouldn't copy and paste. I also tried downloading them to a disk but > the PC wouldn't read the copy. How do I transfer files back and forth from > a MAC to a PC? And any other tips would be helpful.
As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Thursday 18 January 2007 18:41, Ross Bernheim wrote: > On Jan 18, 2007, at 1:36, Guy Voets wrote: > > The *odt and other OpenOffice.org formats are readable by Mac as well > > as by > > PC. > > Do you have OOo installed on both computers? If the PC doesn't have OOo > > installed, you need to save the documents made on your Mac as *.doc (or > > *.xls) (Save As and choose MS Word). > > We work with several computers here and to exhange files, we email > > them to > > each other as attachments, or put them on an USB stick (see that both > > Mac > > and Windows can read what's on the USB stick). You can also save a > > copy on a > > CD or a floppy disk (that both Mac and PC can read). > > You need to format the floppy on the Mac as DOS compatible, (FAT 32), > in order > for the Windows machine to be able to read it. The Mac can read several > different > file formats including the FAT 32 used by the older versions of WIndows > and which > even the newest versions of Windows can handle even though their native > format > is NTFS. FAT 32 is more or less the lowest common denominator file > system that > Mac, Linux, BSD, and Windows can all handle. Please reply to [email protected] only. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
