RE: [WinMac] cross-platform and MS Word
John Nurick(jnurick[at]lrconsulting.co.uk)
Mon, 20 Sep 1999 07:51:30 -0500
Lee wrote:
[...]
> Also, if I recall, Word does a thing called "fast save" which, if i
> understand correctly, simply keeps adding revision layers to
> the original
> text file, but doesn't actually create a whole, fresh, new
> text document
> when you save.
Fast-saved documents are indeed more likely to crash the converter. Best
thing is to train the users to turn off fast save and leave it off (this
isn't hte only problem it causes); failing that, always to do a Save As
before taking the document to another machine.
> Again, just brainstorming, but perhaps being on a floppy
> exacerbates those
> two problems. Did you try saving the files to Hard Drive and opening?
I can't speak for Macs, but it is *never* a good idea to use Word for
Windows with documents on floppies. Always save to the HD and drag the
document to the floppy, and drag from the floppy to a HD folder again
before opening the document on the other machine.
> Also, were the floppies PC formated in the home PC or on the Macs?
> Sometimes head alignments are out of whack.
>
> Perhaps turning off "fast save," patching the "out of memory problem"
> (wish I could point you to a specific site,) and double-checking the
> floppies. (They're not good for infinite writing and
> rewriting you know)
> might help.
Agreed. If you have any doubts about a floppy, chuck it out - or if that
seems extravagant, reformat it a couple of times, and only keep it if it
never shows a bad sector.
HTH
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