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Opening DOS documents on your Macintosh
Opening a document from within a Macintosh program
The surest way to open a DOS document on the Macintosh is to use the Open
command from within an application program.
1 Open the program you want to use.
2Choose Open from the File menu.
A directory dialog box appears.
3Select the document you want, and click Open.
If you have problems opening the document, see Chapter 10 of this book.
Opening a document by double-clicking its icon
Before you can open a DOS document by double-clicking its icon, you need
to use the PC Exchange control panel to specify which Macintosh application
programs will open DOS documents, as described next.
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Exchanging Files with DOS or Windows
Many programs have buttons or pop-up
menus that let you open or import
documents of a particular file format.