Sharing docs with PC people

Hi, on my network at my school I have silly little PC people who complain that when I open a file on the network (like a document file) that my Mac for some reason automatically makes it READ ONLY and they are not able to change anything afterwards. The only workaround is if I use Neo Office or Open Office, then it's ok. Word 2008 (or 2004 as well) seems to change the file so that only I can alter it. Does anybody know why that is?
Also, these PC people are upset that every time I go into a folder I drop these "_DS store" files (to which I reply that every time PC people go into my files they drop the stupid "thumbs" file in a folder)...is it possible for Macs NOT to leave these files and/or to get PC's not to drop these "thumbs" files on my mac when we share? I hope this makes sense to someone!
Thanks!

Anything that begins with a period in Unix (which OS X is built on top of) is automatically invisible. That's why you don't see them, but Windows users do.
There is a .DS_Store file in virtually every folder on your drives. They keep track of that folder's window position, size, listing option and a few other things. It doesn't hurt anything to remove them, other than every window on your desktop will revert to a default state, so no folders will open where you last left them.
It's fruitless to remove them though since the OS will once again build one for every folder you open. Except for network drives if you follow the instructions in the link. Those folders will always open in OS X's default size, position and listing no matter how you last left it.
There are a few ways to show invisible items on your Mac, but there really isn't anything you should be getting at that easily. One way is to download OnyX. It has an option to turn visibility on for every file on the drive. It can also be done from the Terminal, but I don't know the command off the top of my head.

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