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<blockquote data-quote="Fast Learner" data-source="post: 524909" data-attributes="member: 649">The primary issue with plain text files between Macs and PCs is that Macs put just the Carriage Return character at the end of each line while PCs put both a Carriage Return and a Linefeed character at the end of each line. As a result some Mac text editors will show a PC-saved text file as being double-spaced, while some PC text editors will show a Mac-saved text file as all running together (one really long line).If you can save the PC version as something other than text (like a Word file), everything will be fine. Pasting the text in the body of the email might work, though some email software automatically hard-wraps the text and you may have&nbsp; a mess on the Mac end. If the Mac has Word or another decent word processor, you can simply save it as a text file on the PC (*.txt) and then open in with the Mac word processor. They tend to be a bit &quot;smarter&quot; than text editors (like SimpleText) and should handle the line-ends just fine.Alternately, IIRC, the free PC application NoteTab Light will allow you to save a text file with PC, Mac, or Unix (Linefeed only) end-of-line characters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fast Learner, post: 524909, member: 649"] The primary issue with plain text files between Macs and PCs is that Macs put just the Carriage Return character at the end of each line while PCs put both a Carriage Return and a Linefeed character at the end of each line. As a result some Mac text editors will show a PC-saved text file as being double-spaced, while some PC text editors will show a Mac-saved text file as all running together (one really long line). If you can save the PC version as something other than text (like a Word file), everything will be fine. Pasting the text in the body of the email might work, though some email software automatically hard-wraps the text and you may have a mess on the Mac end. If the Mac has Word or another decent word processor, you can simply save it as a text file on the PC (*.txt) and then open in with the Mac word processor. They tend to be a bit "smarter" than text editors (like SimpleText) and should handle the line-ends just fine. Alternately, IIRC, the free PC application NoteTab Light will allow you to save a text file with PC, Mac, or Unix (Linefeed only) end-of-line characters. [/QUOTE]

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