You experience problems using a document from a DOS or Windows computer.
If you can’t open a DOS or Windows document by
mOpen the document from within the program by choosing Open in the program’s File menu.
mUse the PC Exchange control panel (in the Control Panels folder in the Apple [K] menu) to specify which Macintosh program will open the document.
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, or call the program’s publisher.
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 information about working with DOS or Windows documents on your
Macintosh, see Macintosh Guide (or Mac OS Guide), available in the
Guide (h) menu.
A file can’t be thrown away.
mThe file may be locked. Select the file’s icon, choose Get Info from the File menu, and click the Locked checkbox to remove the X. You can delete locked files that are in the Trash by holding down the Option key while you choose Empty Trash from the Special menu.
mAn application program may be using the file. Close the file or quit the program.
mIf the file is on a floppy disk, the disk may be locked. Unlock the disk by sliding the tab so that it covers the hole at the corner of the disk.
mThe file may be in a shared folder that can’t be changed. You can throw away the file by turning off file sharing temporarily (click Stop in the Sharing Setup control panel). Or you can select the shared folder, choose Sharing from the File menu, and uncheck the box labeled either “Can’t be moved, renamed, or deleted” or “Same as enclosing folder.”
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