Apple 8100 Series manual m Try opening the document in another program

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 panel to 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 DOS Files & Disks” topic of Macintosh Guide, available in the Guide (h) menu.

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