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by raned

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Hello,

I was hoping someone could shed some light on a question I have regarding adding Macintosh computers to a PC network. The Macs are both OS 9 and OS X.

How much effort is involved in accessing and sharing PowerPoint files between PCs and Macs on a network?

The Network will be either Novell or NT. I am most concerned about additional software or configuration headaches that may be needed.

Thank you,

Randy

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by timwalsh

You should have no problem in the actual sharing of files as long as the files are in a location (probably a file server) that all clients (Mac or Windows) can access (Win NT includes Services for Macintosh to make this happen; Not familiar with Netware, but I'm sure thay have something similar).
Your problem will be one of version compatibility between Office for Mac and Office for Windows. The Powerpoint presentations to be shared will need to be saved in a version that can be read by allversions of Office.
FYI: according to Microsoft Office 2001 for Mac and Office 2000 for Windows are supposed to be totally compatible.
If you are using other versions of Office, you will have to experiment to see what works.
Hope this helps.

by kpepiton

Randy, it's easy. On your NT server, create a
folder that you will share with Windows and
NT users and make note of the complete path
to that folder.
Start Services for Macintosh on the NT server.
Go to Server Manager for the machine you just
started Mac Services on and you will see Mac
File in the Menu Bar. Under Mac File, you go to
Volumes/create new volume and put in the
path to the shared folder you created. How you
set permissions on the shared folder
determines who can see it, but no other
software is needed to pass compatible files
such as MS Office between the two systems.
Remind Mac users to add the correct
extensions on files they create or the windows
folks won't see them.

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