mcgillis@sol.SPS.TRW.COM (Jack McGillis) (10/21/87)
We are trying to find out what a "Word Perfect" file looks like. If anyone knows or knows of a book describing this I would appreciate hearing about it. I have called WP about this, they gave me an address to write to which I will be doing shortly. Thank you in advance -- Jack McGillis ...!trwrb!trwspp!spp2!mcgillis
shor@sphinx.uchicago.edu (Melinda Shore) (10/22/87)
In article <269@fomalhaut.sol.SPS.TRW.COM> mcgillis@sol.UUCP () writes: > >We are trying to find out what a "Word Perfect" file looks like. [...] >I have called WP about this, they gave me an >address to write to which I will be doing shortly. This is the only legal way to do it. WordPerfect Corp. will have you sign a non-disclosure agreement, in return for which you'll get 5 or 6 photocopied pages. -- Melinda Shore ..!hao!oddjob!sphinx!shor Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center shore@morgul.psc.edu
wew@naucse.UUCP (Bill Wilson) (10/22/87)
Wordperfect uses a very simple file structure. Plain ASCII with specific codes added to turn on and off the features. If you need to check it out before buying a book etc, try making a document with one sentence per feature and then inspect it with Norton utilities.
ksb@cscadm.ncsu.edu (Kelvin S. Bryant) (06/12/90)
I may need to convert some of my WordPerfect (5.0) files into LaTex format. Can anyone give me leads on where I can find documentation on the internal structure of WordPerfect files? Thanks in advance, ksb.
pel@kls.UUCP (Paul Leclerc) (06/13/90)
In article <1990Jun12.130819.4888@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> ksb@cscadm.ncsu.edu (Kelvin S. Bryant) writes: >I may need to convert some of my WordPerfect (5.0) files into >LaTex format. Can anyone give me leads on where I can find >documentation on the internal structure of WordPerfect files? >Thanks in advance, >ksb. Call the WordPerfect orderline and ask for the Developer's Toolkit. Make sure and ask for the 5.0 PC version. This document quite explicitly maps out all files that WP generates and uses. The cost is around $45. The books on file formats found in most bookstores don't have the latest on WP 5.0 (only 4.2) I don't have their number handy. Try 1-800 information.