[ale] dealing with documents created on a Mac.

[Jay Lozier]

On 01/28/2013 09:42 PM, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
>
> I spent part of this evening (Monday) helping a friend edit an obit. 
> Her husband died suddenly Saturday night, without warning.
>
> She is using Mac word processing software (not Micro$oft Word) and 
> when she attached the file to an email, it came through compressed. 
> When unpacked I had two directories, containing the file (and other 
> crap) in two different formats: .doc and some Mac format.
>
> I finally figured out which file was in a format I could handle 
> (nothing simple like a .doc extension) and finished my work.
>
> Question: Can the settings on her Mac be altered so that when it 
> attaches a file created by this "word processer" it just attaches the 
> file, without adding a ton of crapola, and without compressing 
> anything? If so, how?
>
> I sent the file back to her in both .doc and .odt. Any guesses as to 
> whether her software can handle either one, or both?
>
> I ask because I am likely to be asked to provide some more editing 
> help over the course of the week.
>
> Sean
>
>
Do you what the program is?

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Jay Lozier
jslozier at gmail.com

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