My Mac can't open the icWord® application that I downloaded from this site (installation problems).
For OS X:
After downloading the program you should get a single file called "icWord_4.0.dmg".
- This file is a disk image which should mount automatically. If it does not then double-click on the "icWord_4.0.dmg" file.
- You will get the software license agreement of icWord. Read it, and if you want to install icWord click on the "Agree" button.
- You will get a disk image which contains the icWord application.
- Drag the icWord icon (the colored icon) to your application folder.
- At this stage your installation is complete and you can run icWord by double-clicking on its icon located in the Appications folder.
For OS 9:
After downloading the program you should get a single file called "icWord4.0.sit" which has been compressed by a program called Stuffit which is very common in the Mac world.
- Normally your browser should automatically activate a program called Stuffit Expander at the end of the download process in order to decompress the downloaded file.
- After decompression you should have a folder called "icWord Installer folder". In this folder you should have a single application file called "icWord 4.0 Demo Installer".
- This application file is a standard Macintosh installer.
- Double-click on the installer file to install icWord on your hard drive and follow the step by step instructions.
If your .sit file was not decompressed automatically, drag it on the Stuffit Expander application and it will start to decompress. If you do not find the freeware application "Stuffit Expander", it is available for download at Allume Systems web site.
What is the difference between the different file formats icWord® supports in 'save as' feature?
RTF (Rich Text Format):
This saves the text in a format that preserves all the text attributes (e.g. font, line spacing, styles, tabs, etc.) as well as the pictures.
Use it for exporting text to other word processing programs. All versions of Microsoft Word understand RTF files so this is a good format to use when you want to send a document to Word users.
Text document:
This is Macintosh text, used in Simple Text and other programs. Styling information is not included.
Unicode text document:
This is Unicode text, used in Mac OS X and Windows 2000 and beyond as the native encoding. This is especially useful when you have text in non-Roman languages, including double-byte languages such as Japanese, etc.
