Copying PPT docs from Mac to PC

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A user had several files that were copied to his PC from a
server running Mac and Windows services. Once the
Macintosh Office files were copied to his Windows XP PC,
the file associations were lost. We tried putting .PPT on
the end of the files but they did not show up properly on
the machine. Instead, the files opened with 0 bytes.
Some of the files were older versions of Office, i.e.
Office 98, etc. Could it be possible that the files
didn't convert properly because there are no Mac services
running on the Windows machine? We can still access the
files on the server and they show up just fine but once
they are copied local to the Windows PC, the associations
are lost on some of them and there are 0 bytes of data
available.
 
If I remember correctly, when you put Mac files on an NT server running mac
services, you get two files, the original data portion of the Mac file and a
resource fork file so that the Mac can still use the file. PCs don't/can't
use the resource fork file but you might be able to see it from the PC. If
you've copied/renamed that, it'd account for why you're not having any luck.

See if you can find another file of the same name, perhaps in a directory
one level up.

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