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.

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

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