Apple 550 series, 570 series

You experience problems using a document from a DOS computer.

If you can’t open a DOS document using a Macintosh program, try the

following:

mOpen the document from within the program by choosing Open in the

program’s File menu.

mUse the PC Exchange control panelto change the document’s type to one

that can be opened by the program.

If a DOS document is displayed incorrectly, or you see strange codes or

characters in the document, try one of the following:

mYour application program may have special procedures for opening and

saving documents with different file formats. See the information that

came with your program.

mTry opening the document in another program.

Note: Some characters that can be displayed on the Macintosh are not

accurately displayed on DOS computers.

For more information about working with DOS documents on your

Macintosh, see the “Using DOSFiles & Disks” topic of Macintosh Guide,

available in the Guide (h) menu.

Troubleshooting