[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 1/25/07 11:47 PM: > Rather than worry about what platform the recipient is using (our > daughter is PC, son's family is various Macs) I just ZIP all attachments > (except .pdf sometimes). PC users have zip, as do OS X Mac users.
I am running OS 10.4.8 on a new Mac Intel Core 2 Duo, and have Windows XP running through Parallels. So I tried the Mac-to-Windows Zip test last night. If I use the Finder's contextual menu to "Create Archive of...", indeed it results in a Zipped file. But you need to be careful. I Zipped a PDF file, and I Zipped a folder containing several PDF files. Both open on the Windows XP PC. The single PDF file, when unzipped, opens by itself. But the zipped folder, when unzipped, contains all sorts of files and folders extraneous to Windows XP. Even I, knowing the contents, had some trouble figuring out which were the real folders and files inside the Zip file. Bottom line: if you are compressing by Zip to send to a Windows PC, compress individual files instead of a folder. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Roger S. Cohen, President, Cohen International [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rogercohen.com Voice: +1 (845) 358-8936 Fax: +1 (845) 358-8937 ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
