jfbrule@cmx.npac.syr.edu (Jim Brule) (10/16/88)
Anyone here tried Doug Clapp's "Word Tools" recently? I found the tool to be quite good, but then it died on Word 3.x files, and I'm not about to go around editing text only versions of my files, then trying to find their corresponding parts in their Word versions. Suggestions on alternatives, if there's not been any updates? Tanx in advance... ~~~Jim -- Thirty thousand mighty suns shone down in a soul- *jfbrule@cmx.npac.syr.edu searing splendor that was more frighteningly cold ************************* in its awful indifference than the bitter wind * Isaac Asmiov that shivered across the cold, horribly bleak world.* "Nightfall" #! rnews 6
chuq@plaid.Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) (10/17/88)
>Anyone here tried Doug Clapp's "Word Tools" recently? I found the >tool to be quite good, but then it died on Word 3.x files, and I'm >not about to go around editing text only versions of my files, then >trying to find their corresponding parts in their Word versions. I bought it when it came out, and immediately ran into a number of problems (The word 3.0 file was just one of them. It only reads word 1.05 files, although that's not documented. It just *seems* to read 3.0 files, and then hangs). I talked to the software house about it, adn was told that they'd be fixing and improving things in the next version, which was supposedly due out last April. There's been no update, and I've heard nothing about an upcoming update. From what I can tell, the program's been orphaned as it is, major flaws, limitations and system crashing ability not-withstanding. Me, I've pulled it off my disk. For what it did for me, it wasn't worth it. Of course, they still have my money, and I have a program I can't use. So it goes.... Chuq Von Rospach chuq@sun.COM Delphi: CHUQ Editor/Publisher, OtherRealms
frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick) (10/20/88)
In article <686@cmx.npac.syr.edu> jfbrule@cmx.npac.syr.edu (Jim Brule) writes: >Anyone here tried Doug Clapp's "Word Tools" recently? I found the >tool to be quite good, but then it died on Word 3.x files, and I'm >not about to go around editing text only versions of my files, then >trying to find their corresponding parts in their Word versions. Regarding Word Tools, I considered buying them but decided against. What do you like about them? (I intensely dislike Clapp's own writing style, which prejudices me against his tools.) On a related topic, does anyone know of a program which will generate an index (or even a word list) from Word 3.x files, i.e., *without* having to imbed hidden text all over the place? -- Frank Kolnick, consulting for, and therefore expressing opinions independent of, Computer X UUCP: {allegra, linus, ihnp4}!utzoo!mnetor!frank