Re: ms-word to text conversion

[lyleh888@yahoo.com (Lyle)]

Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote in message news:<3D91FA47.71CDED1D@swbell.net>...
> Adalbert Goertz writes ...
> > 
> > Hello:
> > Is there a ms-word to text and text to ms-word converter for the
> > Apple//GS?
> > 
>  ....
> 
> 
>      Back in 1996 Ego Systems announced an "RTF Translator" module for Graphic
> Writer III. The blurb from Ego says that the software allowed importing or
> exporting rich Text format documants from/to Mac and Windows programs. ("Rich
> Text" preserves font type fac, style, size, color, etc. as well as paragraph
> indenting and justificatio.)  The software came on a 3.5" diskette. 
> 
>      So, it seems fairly likely that GWIII with Ego's translator would be able
> to create MS-Word documents and handle importing of at least some MS-Word
> documents.
> 
>      There may be a untility dedicated to doing Apple Text <--> MS-Word
> conversions; but, I have not come across it.
> 
> 
>      Of course, Appleworks will strip out the LF char ($0A) which is part of
> the usual PC line ender ($0D $0A). You might be able to set up macros (via
> TimeOut "Ultra Macros", etc.) on Appleworks which will weed out the rest of the
> stuff that can be embedded in an MS-Word file. In fact, Bev may have collection
> of Appleworks macros which will handle all of your MS-Word conversion needs.
> 
>      Programs like Shadowriter and the editor in Spectrum can strip out Control
> chars. The Spectrum editor can also add LF's. The ProTerm editor probably
> offers similar capabilities.
> 
> 
> Rubywand

Shadowwrite (Hermes) has a lot of capabilities beyond just a NDA text
editor.

GS+ Magazine also published their own New Desk Accessory "EGOed" that
was included on a number of their monthly disks.  The newest (v2.0)
was on the January/February 1994 (Volume 5 No. 3) disk.  Steve Disbrow
stated that this newest version is too big to be installed on a 3.5"
800k floppy system disk.

In the magazine article for that month, Steve states that with a IIgs
and GS/OS 6.0 and a SuperDrive controller card, you can read RTF files
created by MS-DOS and Windows programs directly off of MS-DOS disks.

Lyle