Re: [WinMac] Mac Word98 <-> Win Wordperfect

Philip Neukom(pneukom[at]interlog.com)
Thu, 10 Sep 1998 08:55:53 -0400

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The RTF file opens but is blank on the Windows machine running WP6.1.
When I do a "select all", it only selects the first line of the
document. The fonts used in the document were the typical True Type
available on both platforms. I agree with Curtis, I don't understand
why RTF didn't work. That is why I asked the question.

As to using MacLinkPlus, I did not try v10 since I have heard that it
has some problems. The version of MacLinkPlus that I did use had the
WP6 translator. Why it didn't work properly, I have no idea.

Once upon a time there was a Save As ... WP format from MSWord. Any
idea what happened to this translator in Word98?

Thanks again
Philip

>>>Is there a way to successfully share documents between a Mac running
>>>Word98 and Wintel based computers running Wordperfect? I have tried
>>>MacLinkPlus translators, save as earlier versions of word for windows,
>>>and save as RTF. None of these worked correctly. Is there an easy way
>>>that I have missed?
>
>I don't see how RTF couldn't have worked. Did the documents convert but not
>include *all* the formatting? There may be formatting specific WordPerfect
>which Word doesn't support (or does in a different way) or it could be
>dependent on a font which the Mac doesn't have.
>
>>I think version 10 of MacLinkPlus is supposed to have translators for
>>this problem. It has just come out, have you tried this version? Either
>>that, or the next version due soon because of OS 8.5 will have it. I seem
>>to remember a comment somewhere about this.

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