cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) (10/30/86)
I have a 200-page document currently in Volkswriter format, and I am thinking about converting it to Microsoft Word, mostly so I can take advantage of the Apple LaserWriter and Word's footnoting capabilities. Word doesn't provide a conversion utility from Volkswriter -> Word. Because Volkswriter format is largely ASCII, I can read the file into Word, and all the control characters used by Volkswriter for bold face, italics, underlining, etc. are visible in Word. I *could* make the document Word format by searching for all the occurrences of the "start bold" control character, deleting the character, and typing ALT-b -- but this would be a slow and laborious process. Since ALT-b and the other ALT characters used to control print style don't actually generate a character in the text, I can't do a global REPLACE to change the Volkswriter "start bold" character to ALT-b, and there seems to be no macro facility built into Word. Does anyone have any better suggestions? Please e-mail your ideas as soon as possible. I have three publishers asking to see the manuscript, and I would prefer to send them a more polished piece of work than Volkswriter and my LQ-800 can produce. Clayton E. Cramer