Apple 8100/80AV manual Opening DOS documents on your Macintosh, Directory dialog box appears

Opening DOS documents on your Macintosh

Opening a document from within a Macintosh program

The surest way to open a DOS document on the Macintosh is to use the Open command from within an application program.

1Open the program you want to use.

2Choose Open from the File menu.

A directory dialog box appears.

Many programs have buttons or pop-up menus that let you open or import documents of a particular file format.

3Select the document you want, and click Open.

If you have problems opening the document, see “Solutions to Common Problems” in Chapter 9 of this book.

Exchanging Files With DOS or Windows 141