2212msr@whuts.UUCP (ROBIN) (11/03/85)
*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** My wife is a writer who is using WORDSTAR 3.3 and needs to send some files to a publisher who is using WORD PERFECT. While I can easily convert the WS files to straight ASCII, I have no idea what the WORD PERFECT files look like. Are they ASCII w/CR at end of each line? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Max S. Robin AT&T Bell Laboratories Rm. 3e-318a Whippany,NJ 07981 201-386-6865
lotto@talcott.UUCP (Jerry Lotto) (11/03/85)
In article <351@whuts.UUCP>, 2212msr@whuts.UUCP (ROBIN) writes: > My wife is a writer who is using WORDSTAR 3.3 and needs to send > some files to a publisher who is using WORD PERFECT. While I > can easily convert the WS files to straight ASCII, I have no idea what > the WORD PERFECT files look like. Are they ASCII w/CR at end of each line? WordPerfect comes with a utility called CONVERT that will do the translation for you. Just send the publisher your wordstar file along with a note explaining what you have done. They should be able to run convert and tell it that the input type is Wordstar (yes, it also accepts Multimate, DIF, and a host of others) generating a WordPerfect file as output. The conversion will work the other way well. WordPerfect also can "import" ASCII files without trouble, but you will have to sacrifice most of your formatting information without some higher level conversion step. Of course, you could always switch to WordPerfect... Disclaimer: The opinions stated herein are personal and are not meant to represent those of any other individual or organization. I have no ties with SSI other than as a satisfied customer. -- Gerald Lotto - Harvard Chemistry Dept. UUCP: {seismo,harpo,ihnp4,linus,allegra,ut-sally}!harvard!lhasa!lotto ARPA: lotto@harvard.EDU CSNET: lotto%harvard@csnet-relay
ogasawar@noscvax.UUCP (Todd H. Ogasawara) (11/05/85)
In article <351@whuts.UUCP> 2212msr@whuts.UUCP (ROBIN) writes: >My wife is a writer who is using WORDSTAR 3.3 and needs to send >some files to a publisher who is using WORD PERFECT. While I >can easily convert the WS files to straight ASCII, I have no idea what >the WORD PERFECT files look like. Are they ASCII w/CR at end of each line? >Any help would be greatly appreciated. WordPerfect 4.x (I have 4.0 and am waiting for 4.1) comes with a program called CONVERT.EXE which can convert a WordStar file to WordPerfect format and also a WordPerfect File in a WordStar file. It handled control chars and dot commands fine in the few times I have had to use it. You should be able to mail the WS3.3 file and CONVERT will take care of it. Todd Ogasawara, Computer Sciences Corp. NOSC-Hawaii Laboratories UUCPmail: {akgua,allegra,decvax,ihnp4,ucbvax}!sdcsvax!noscvax!ogasawar MILNET: OGASAWAR@NOSC