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editing files on mac/windows

  • 04-02-2008 12:16pm
    #1
    eurotrotter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭


    hi guys
    hope ye all had a great wkd
    i recently have ben editing word files, ppt files on my mac, and i also have bootcamp on my computer and given that we live ina windows oriented world, i always end up opening these files, and editing them on windows machines, somewhere or other,
    there is a growing trend among my doc files, which leads to a corrupt file error appearing in a msgbox.
    i dont know why this, is, but its alarming me!
    any insight into what might be happening wood be great
    thanks very much
    ed


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  • #2
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Some information on whats happening, when its happening, what the error is, what programs you're using, and that kind of useful information might be nice. Otherwise we're just shooting in the dark.


  • #3
    eurotrotter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭eurotrotter


    aidan_walsh wrote: »
    Some information on whats happening, when its happening, what the error is, what programs you're using, and that kind of useful information might be nice. Otherwise we're just shooting in the dark.

    right, sorry for not giving enought info
    i was using neooffice, and saved teh file as a win word 97 file.
    i opened this file on the windows partition of my macbook, and it says the file is corrupt unreadable.

    another time i saved data to my flash drive on mac os x
    then i went to access teh files on windows and it said the folder was corrupt.
    thanks for the help,
    ed


  • #4
    ZENER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭ZENER


    eurotrotter wrote: »
    right, sorry for not giving enought info
    i was using neooffice, and saved teh file as a win word 97 file.
    i opened this file on the windows partition of my macbook, and it says the file is corrupt unreadable.

    Will the file reopen in NeoOffice ? Can you open the file in Word for Mac ?
    On the windows machine can you open the file in Wordpad or Notepad? It may look gobbledygook but it will prove the file is at least readable by the system.
    . . . another time i saved data to my flash drive on mac os x
    then i went to access teh files on windows and it said the folder was corrupt.
    thanks for the help,
    ed

    How was the memory stick formatted ? Windows can't read Mac formatted drives by default - try formatting it as FAT - copy the text you typed in NeoOffice and paste it into Textedit. Set Textedit to Richtext format and save the document to the memory stick and then set it to Plain text and save it again with a different name. Now see if either will open under windows.

    ZEN


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