[WEB4LIB] converting MAC to PC files

[Thomas M G Bennett]

StuffIt Expander

http://www.aladdinsys.com/expander

is free for Windows, MAC, Linux, and Solaris.  I've used Expander to
retrieve an MS Word file that was in a MAC BinHex Binary Encoded .hqx file
and it opened fine in MS Word on a PC.  .sea is also one of the extensions
that Expander will read.  Other formats that Expander 5.0 will read are
.sit, .arc, .pak, .arj, .exe, .b64, .gz, .z, .MacBin,. mim, .mime, .mme,
.pf, .uue, and .uu.  But as Réal Rodrigue points out, this program is not
necessary if the file is not compressed/encoded.

Thomas

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-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of L Parry
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 9:30 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] converting MAC to PC files



I have been asked to post a document on the library web page. The person
who created it uses a MAC; I operate in a PC environment.  Document is too
long and dependent on graphics and formatting to make retyping a
possibility.  We both use Adobe Acrobat.  The developer converted the
document using Adobe, changing it to a .sea extension.  I have not been
able to open it.

This is an area where both the developer and I are working in the dark.  I
am hoping that others have found a way to make the MACs and PCs
communicate.  Appreciate any help you can offer.
L Parry, Electronic Outreach Librarian
Wicomico County Free Library
P.O. Box 4148
Salisbury, MD 21802