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Subject:Re: Pagemaker on Mac and PC From:Linda Anderson <lindaa -at- EMTEK -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 6 Jun 1995 11:21:52 -0700
Marc,
At my last job two of us worked in Pagemaker (I was on the PC and
our DTP person used a Mac). We had no problems taking the files back and
forth.
Linda
Stand quiet in your own circle
EMTEK Health Care Systems
Tempe, Arizona
USA
On Tue, 6 Jun 1995, Marc Santacroce wrote:
> At 3:02 PM 6/5/95, Kelly Thompson wrote:
> >I'm looking for someone experienced with Pagemaker on both the Mac and the
PC.
> > Are the files compatible? If so, are they 100% compatible?
> >
> >We have two tech writers on Macs, but I am on a PC. We need to be able to
> >share files, so any input would be appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks in advance.
> ==============
> Kelly, from what I've seen, the menus are slightly different, but the files
> are comatible. I've worked back and forth between Mac and UNIX machines,
> and the training we received was on NT's.
> =======================
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