Email From Mac to PC

dakineyj

dakineyj


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I just found out today that the emails I have been sending haven't been delivered the way I wanted them delivered. I was at my mom's today and she said that everything I send her she must select what programs to open things I send. For example: I use MS Word in Parallels and fill out a contract. Saved it. Then using my Mac Mail App using AOL I email her the .doc file. When she receives it is is just listed as a file. She then has to use "open with" and select Word. What am I missing? I remember seeing something that says send windows friendly and made sure that was enabled but it must be something else...
 
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dakineyj said:
I just found out today that the emails I have been sending haven't been delivered the way I wanted them delivered. I was at my mom's today and she said that everything I send her she must select what programs to open things I send. For example: I use MS Word in Parallels and fill out a contract. Saved it. Then using my Mac Mail App using AOL I email her the .doc file. When she receives it is is just listed as a file. She then has to use "open with" and select Word. What am I missing? I remember seeing something that says send windows friendly and made sure that was enabled but it must be something else...
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The Windows friendly attachment checkbox only does the setting for that one email you do it in; it doesn't remember it as something you want, unless you change it in Preferences.
 
Glenners

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What is the extension for ms word documents on a mac? What is it for a pc? If they're different maybe just change the file extension so it can be read by a windows computer and change it back after you've sent it.
 
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Windows should associate the file automatically once it's on the PC, however I'm not sure what it may look like in whatever application it's being emailed to/in. If she saves it to the desktop or her My Documents folder, she should then be able to just double-click the file to open it, assuming that Word is properly installed.
 

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