[comp.sys.mac] RE

jccf@ihlpg.UUCP (09/01/87)

:From: rutgers!cs.utah.edu!u-cdmorr%ug (Cliff Morrison)
:
:In article <3728@ihlpg.ATT.COM> you write:
:>
:>I love all those technotes, the only (partial) disadvantage is their format,
:>Word.
:>Now I'm desperately seeking a convert tool for getting Word documents to Nroff
:>or Text, to be able to read them from a UNIX system.
:
:The tech notes are in MacWrite format, not word.  MACA and WORD are the
:signatures for MacWrite, strange as it may seem!!!
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So, Can anybody help me out with the internal format of MacWrite Documents ?

Thanks a lot in advance,

Piter Jonker
ihnp4!ihlpg!hvlpa!pjonker

Hilversum, Holland.

bc@apple.UUCP (bill coderre) (09/04/87)

With shades of bootstrapping oneself, I suggest you obtain (somehow!)
a copy of Technote 12, which contains the Macwrite document format.
I don't have online technotes, otherwise I'd just post the thing.

Anybody wanna help this dude?

Soon to be a mere MIT student again...........................bc