converting Mac documents

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Neither a problem with XP nor with HP. Windows is Greek, and Mac is
Russian. For documents created in Russian to be comprehensible to a reader
of Greek, you need an interpreter. You will also need programs similar to
what the documents were created with -- e.g. if it was created in a word
processing program, you will need a word processing program on your
computer. If it is a spread-sheet, you will need a spread-sheet program on
your computer.

steve


"Judith" <Judith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have new hewlett packard (Dec. 2003) XP desktop. I don't know if this
is a HP or XP problem.
>
> Is it possible to convert documents made on a MAC computer and open in my
computer? I've tried to "open with" in a variety of types. Also tried to
follow thru on the option to go to web for inf. to open file, but page
directed to can never be found.
>
> I am trying to open a load of documents from files my son has created at
his worksite office.
>
> Appreciate suggestions
> --
> none

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What is the file extension for these documents - you know the last three
letters that appear after the "." in the file's name.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"Judith" <Judith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AD4829A4-1E6B-4880-AA63-F23ADCD34EC7@microsoft.com...
> I have new hewlett packard (Dec. 2003) XP desktop. I don't know if this
is a HP or XP problem.
>
> Is it possible to convert documents made on a MAC computer and open in my
computer? I've tried to "open with" in a variety of types. Also tried to
follow thru on the option to go to web for inf. to open file, but page
directed to can never be found.
>
> I am trying to open a load of documents from files my son has created at
his worksite office.
>
> Appreciate suggestions
> --
> none

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<quote>
Unlike Windows downloads, which must be decompressed, Macintosh
downloads must be decompressed and decoded before they can be used.
Fortunately, Stuffit Expander combines both these steps.

Macintosh downloadable files are encoded using either the BinHex or
Macbinary format. BinHex files have the extension .hqx, and Macbinary
files have the extension .bin. Stuffit Expander can decode both kinds of
files.
</quote>

Ask your son to save his documents as .txt files (ascii), which can be
read by any kind of word processing application.

--
Kath Adams
MS MVP - Windows (IE/OE)

Judith wrote:
> It looks like the only file name is .bin
>
>
> "Harry Ohrn" wrote:
>
>> What is the file extension for these documents - you know the last
>> three letters that appear after the "." in the file's name.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
>> www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
>>
>>
>> "Judith" <Judith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:AD4829A4-1E6B-4880-AA63-F23ADCD34EC7@microsoft.com...
>>> I have new hewlett packard (Dec. 2003) XP desktop. I don't know if
>>> this is a HP or XP problem.
>>>
>>> Is it possible to convert documents made on a MAC computer and open
>>> in my
>> computer? I've tried to "open with" in a variety of types. Also
>> tried to follow thru on the option to go to web for inf. to open
>> file, but page directed to can never be found.
>>>
>>> I am trying to open a load of documents from files my son has
>>> created at his worksite office.
>>>
>>> Appreciate suggestions
>>> --
>>> none

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I think Kath is onto something. Do a search for Stuffit Deluxe. There should
be a version for Windows. See if that will open the files .bin files as
these should be the Mac equivalent of .zip files . However your son should
be sending you files in a format that can be opened on a PC.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"Judith" <Judith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6E1DEDBF-C451-4E5D-990F-209171E467E5@microsoft.com...
>
> It looks like the only file name is .bin
>
>
> "Harry Ohrn" wrote:
>
>> What is the file extension for these documents - you know the last three
>> letters that appear after the "." in the file's name.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
>> www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
>>
>>
>> "Judith" <Judith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:AD4829A4-1E6B-4880-AA63-F23ADCD34EC7@microsoft.com...
>> > I have new hewlett packard (Dec. 2003) XP desktop. I don't know if
>> > this
>> is a HP or XP problem.
>> >
>> > Is it possible to convert documents made on a MAC computer and open in
>> > my
>> computer? I've tried to "open with" in a variety of types. Also tried
>> to
>> follow thru on the option to go to web for inf. to open file, but page
>> directed to can never be found.
>> >
>> > I am trying to open a load of documents from files my son has created
>> > at
>> his worksite office.
>> >
>> > Appreciate suggestions
>> > --
>> > none
>>
>>
>>

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Thank you Kathy, Harry and Joust. Will work on all your suggestions. Appreciate!

Judith



"Kath Adams" wrote:

> <quote>
> Unlike Windows downloads, which must be decompressed, Macintosh
> downloads must be decompressed and decoded before they can be used.
> Fortunately, Stuffit Expander combines both these steps.
>
> Macintosh downloadable files are encoded using either the BinHex or
> Macbinary format. BinHex files have the extension .hqx, and Macbinary
> files have the extension .bin. Stuffit Expander can decode both kinds of
> files.
> </quote>
>
> Ask your son to save his documents as .txt files (ascii), which can be
> read by any kind of word processing application.
>
> --
> Kath Adams
> MS MVP - Windows (IE/OE)
>
> Judith wrote:
> > It looks like the only file name is .bin
> >
> >
> > "Harry Ohrn" wrote:
> >
> >> What is the file extension for these documents - you know the last
> >> three letters that appear after the "." in the file's name.
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
> >> www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
> >>
> >>
> >> "Judith" <Judith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:AD4829A4-1E6B-4880-AA63-F23ADCD34EC7@microsoft.com...
> >>> I have new hewlett packard (Dec. 2003) XP desktop. I don't know if
> >>> this is a HP or XP problem.
> >>>
> >>> Is it possible to convert documents made on a MAC computer and open
> >>> in my
> >> computer? I've tried to "open with" in a variety of types. Also
> >> tried to follow thru on the option to go to web for inf. to open
> >> file, but page directed to can never be found.
> >>>
> >>> I am trying to open a load of documents from files my son has
> >>> created at his worksite office.
> >>>
> >>> Appreciate suggestions
> >>> --
> >>> none
>
>