Apple IIe Card - Manual (Page 35)

both programs understand or you have a Macintosh program that can read Apple
IIe files directly.
For example, say you typed a long text passage using an Apple IIe program and
now you want to use the same text in a speech you're writing using a powerful
Macintosh word processor. Most word processors can read "text-only" files
(also called ASCII files). To transfer the text, you could (a) use an Apple
IIe program to save the file in text-only format, then (b) use the Macintosh
program to open the file.
In general, follow these steps:
Before you begin: Your Macintosh should be on. If you're a floppy disk
startup person you should start up from the IIe Startup Disk, as explained in
"Starting up From the IIe Startup Disk" in Chapter 3.
1. Check the manuals of both the Apple IIe and Macintosh programs to
determine what file format, if any, the two programs share.
Typical file types that Apple IIe and Macintosh programs might share depend
on what the programs do. For example, spreadsheet programs might share a tab-
delimited type and word-processing programs might share a text-only type.
Unfortunately, you may not find shared file formats to exchange pictures. If
you can't find one, see the next section, "Copying Apple IIe Pictures," which
offers an alternative strategy.
2. Open the Apple IIe file using an Apple IIe program.
Switch to the Apple IIe environment and use your Apple IIe program to open
the file.
3. Save the file in the shared format, giving it a new name.
See the program's instructions for information on how to save files in
different formats.
4. Return to the Macintosh environment.
Press Control-Command-Esc and click the Quit IIe button.
5. Open the Macintosh program you want to use.
6. Choose the Open command from the File menu.
7. Use the Open dialog box to select the Apple IIe file.
Click the Drive or Desktop button to select the correct disk and double-click
folders to open them. For more information on using the Open dialog box, see
the reference book that came with your Macintosh.
Can't see your file? If you can't see the file, you may not be looking in
the correct folder or on the correct disk. If you are, you may not have saved
the Apple IIe file in a format that your Macintosh program can understand.
Some Macintosh programs have special ways of opening so-called "foreign"
files. See the manual that came with the Macintosh program for more details.