Re: PC utilities to read Deluxe Write and Writer's Choice formatted files

[Al Leitch <al_team2k@3*&hotmail.com>]

Hehehhehehhe, never bothered to try bouncing a brick.  If anyone does, lemme
know!

Theusch Family wrote:

> Sounds like a nice problem!!!
>
> I know nothing about the format of these files or the programs which wrote
> them.
>
> However, newer versions of Microsoft Word ('97?? or later) have an import
> filter called "Recover text from any file" .
>
> I am not sure this will work, but, if you have Word, do a file--open.  In
> the "show files of type" drop-down box, choose "Recover text from any file"
> .  From there, open your GS file.
>
> Have you ever tried to bounce a brick before?
>
> Good luck, larva_jt1@yahoo.com
>
> "Al Leitch" <al_team2k@3*&hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:8o6ktg$286$1@slb6.atl.mindspring.net...
> > Several years ago, I wrote a dozen or so sci-fi stories on my Apple
> > IIGS.  What was frustrating was getting a PC and not being able to read
> > the darned disks.  Thanks to a Macintosh lab, about two years ago I
> > emailed all documents of mine that I could find to an email account.
> > Now the question is, what utilities exist out there that can read files
> > formatted by said word processors?
> >
> > Thanks for any help you can give me :)  I'd love to recover those
> > stories.
> >
> > P.S, I tried looking at Electronic Art's website (makers of Deluxe
> > Write) and couldn't find anything about the program.  I don't know who
> > made Writer's choice.
> >
> >
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> >
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> >
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> > :)
> >
> >

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