[comp.sys.mac] Word 3.01 to Troff?

pswisnov@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Peter S. Wisnovsky) (05/03/88)

I have some Word 3.01 documents that I would like to send
to someone on a Unix host, preferably in troff format. Does
anyone have a converter to go from any of the file formats
one can save in Word (retaining formatting, esp. footnotes)
to troff?

Thanks,

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jtk@lakesys.UUCP (Joseph T. Klein (The Prince)) (05/04/88)

>I have some Word 3.01 documents that I would like to send
>to someone on a Unix host, preferably in troff format. Does
>anyone have a converter to go from any of the file formats
>one can save in Word (retaining formatting, esp. footnotes)
>to troff?

I suspect it would not be hard to create a RTF (Rich Text Format)
to troff conversion using lex, sed, or grep. I have thought about
doing this myself but just haven't had the time or imediate need.

A troff to RTF program would be rather nice. It would give UN*X/Mac
people a means of exchanging formatted documents.


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