Microsoft KB Archive/113857

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Works: Transferring Graphics Between Mac Works and Win Works

Article ID: 113857

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2004

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Works 2.0 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Works 2.0a
• Microsoft Works 3.0 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Works 4.0 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Works 4.5 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Works 2.0 for Macintosh
• Microsoft Works 3.0 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q113857

SUMMARY

There is no direct way to transfer Works for the Macintosh documents with graphics into Works for Windows. You can transfer normal text but not graphics if you save a document in one of the file formats supported by Works for the Macintosh 3.0, including Normal (its own), RTF, PC Works 2.0, and Word for Windows 2.0.

NOTE: Text entered into the draw layer of Works for the Macintosh, such as text in columns, must be copied into the text layer of Works for the Macintosh before it can be transferred to the MS-DOS environment.

WORKAROUND

Use one of the workarounds described below using Word for the Macintosh or a third-party translation utility to transfer graphics between the two environments.

NOTE: The procedure for transferring documents with graphics in the opposite direction (Works for Windows to Works for the Macintosh), is essentially the reverse of the steps below.

Using Word for the Macintosh

1. Open the Word Processor or drawing file in Works for the Macintosh.
2. Select the text and copy and paste it into Word version 5.0 or later for the Macintosh.
3. Switch back to Works for the Macintosh. If the document is a Word Processor document, turn on Draw.
4. Select and copy the graphics objects.
5. Switch back to Word for the Macintosh and paste the graphics into the same Word document.
6. Save the Word document in the Word 2.0 for Windows format for conversion to Works 2.0a and 3.0 for Windows or Save in the Word 1.0 for Windows format for conversion to Works 2.0 for Windows.
7. Transfer the file to an MS-DOS disk using, for example, Apple File Exchange. For more information about transferring Macintosh documents to the MS-DOS environment, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   Macintosh and MS-DOS and transferring

8. Open this document in Works for Windows.

NOTE: Because Works for the Macintosh allows graphics to overlay text, and Word for the Macintosh embeds the objects similar to the way Works for Windows does, the placement of the graphics objects may be much different after the translation. In addition, due to color palette differences between the two environments, the colors may not translate correctly.

Using a Third-Party Utility

To transfer graphics from Works for the Macintosh 3.0 (only) to Works for Windows, use the following steps:

1. If the document is a Word Processor document, do the following first:
   
   
   1. Open the document in Works 3.0 for the Macintosh and turn on Draw.
   2. Select and copy the graphics.
   3. From the File menu, choose New and double-click the Draw icon to create a new Draw document.
   4. Paste the graphics into the Draw document.
2. From the File menu, choose Save As.
3. Select PICT as the File Format.
   
   NOTE: PICT will only be available if the document is a Draw document. If it's a Draw document, it will have (DR) after the file name in the titlebar.
4. Type a name for the document and choose the Save button.
5. Use a third-party utility to translate the PICT file to one of the standard Works for Windows formats such as WMF, BMP, CGM, PCX or TIFF. Examples of these type of utilities are listed below.
   
   NOTE: Microsoft has not tested these utilities with Microsoft Works and cannot guarantee their results.

   HiJaak (MS-DOS and Windows-Based Versions)

   Inset Systems
   71 Commerce Drive
   Brookfield, CT 06804
   (203) 740-2400

   MacLinkPlus/PC or MacLinkPlus/Translators (Macintosh-Based)

   DataViz, Inc.
   55 Corporate Drive
   Trumbell, CT 06611
   (203) 268-0030
   

   PICTure This (Macintosh-Based)

   FGM, Inc.
   131 Elden Street
   Suite 108
   Herndon, VA 22070
   (703) 478-9881 or
   (800) 783-7428

   The products included here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.
6. Transfer the file to an MS-DOS disk using, for example, Apple File Exchange.
7. Import the graphic into Works for Windows using Microsoft Draw. For more information about using Microsoft Draw to import graphics files, refer to the following:
   
   
   • "Microsoft Works for Windows User's Guide," version 2.0, page 369
   • "Microsoft Works for Windows User's Guide," version 3.0, page 477

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