Re: Where to get AppleWorks to MS Word converter?

[ddkilzer@iastate.edu (David D Kilzer)]

gberigan@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (Greg Berigan) writes:

>Having recently purchased MS Word for the Mac, I was dismayed to find 
>that it did not include something that I need:  a converter between 
>AWorks and MSWord.  I had thought that it was a standard part of the 
>package.
>
>So now I need someone to point me out to a place where I can get 
>something like a Works to Word Transporter for Apple File Exchange so 
>that I can get these AWP files moved.

Well, I'm sure you know about the Works-to-Works transporter that's
available from various archives.  I've used it recently to convert an
AppleWorks file to a MicrosoftWorks file, and then tried to load the
MSWorks file into Word 5.0.  The *ONLY* way I could get it to load in
was to treat the file as pure text, which meant I got a bunch of garbage
along with the text.  And of course I don't have a copy of MSWorks that
I could use to save the file in a different format.

Why can't two programs by Microsoft be cross-compatible?  Or am I
missing something here?  Someone needs to kick Microsoft in the head and
inform them about cross-product support.

If anyone has found a solution for the MSWorks to MSWord conversion
problem (without having a copy of MSWorks available), I'd like to know.

If this topic has moved too far to the "Mac" side, I apologize for
posting on comp.sys.apple2.  :^)

Dave
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