Re: Graphic program for MAC

by jennifer byrne <jen(at)visi.com>

 Date:  Sun, 3 May 1998 11:47:09 -0500
 To:  hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org
 In-Reply-To:  pipex
  todo: View Thread, Original
Richard wrote:

>My girlfriend has a new Power Mac 5500 and has trouble looking at pictures
>I send her from my PC. I know nothing about Mac's and would appreciate some
>help in choosing what program for her to use. All she wants to do is view
>pictures sent in .jpg  or .gif form, she doesn't want to modify them in any
>way, only view. For the reason mentioned I would appreciate knowing of any
>shareware programs that would be suitable.
>
>The other thing I don't understand about Mac's is that they don't appear to
>show the format the picture might be in, there's no .jpg following the file
>name! Why?
>
>Any help would be very much appreciated, so thanks in advance,
>
>Richard (Bald Eagle) Allen


Believe it or not Simpletext will open gif and jpeg files.  It should have
come packaged with her mac.
Jen

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