Services for Macintosh
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For many applications that have versions for Windows 2000 and for Macintosh computers, users of both versions can work on the same data file by using Services for Macintosh. When Macintosh users view directories on the server that contains these data files, they see the files represented by the appropriate icon.
For example, a person who is using a Windows 2000 version of Microsoft® Excel® can create a spreadsheet file and then store it on the server in a shared directory that also is configured as a Macintosh-accessible volume. A Macintosh user who opens that folder sees the file represented by the Macintosh icon that represents a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. The Macintosh user can double-click the file icon, and Microsoft Excel for Macintosh starts and opens the file. The Macintosh user can modify the file and then save it. When the Windows 2000 user opens the file, the modified version of the file appears.
Services for Macintosh uses extension-type associations to display Windows 2000 files with the correct icon when the Macintosh user sees a Microsoft Excel for Macintosh document icon for a Microsoft Excel for Windows 2000 file.