rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Richard Sucgang) (05/28/91)
Is there a utility to convert WP 5.x files to 4.2 or even just text for import? Thanks?. -rich Richard Sucgang : Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology Columbia University (sucgang@cuhhca.hhmi.columbia.edu; de slime god rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu)
JGF1@psuvm.psu.edu (05/28/91)
Just hit CONTROL-F5 when your document is on the screen. You can save it in WP 5.0, 4.2 or just plain text..
morris@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Mike Morris) (05/29/91)
rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Richard Sucgang) writes: >Is there a utility to convert WP 5.x files to 4.2 or even just text for >import? >Thanks?. >-rich >Richard Sucgang : Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology >Columbia University (sucgang@cuhhca.hhmi.columbia.edu; >de slime god rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu) RTFM. In WP5.1 use ^F5 and follow the menus. There is a save in version 4.2 format option. You can also save the current document in DOS text. -- Mike Morris WA6ILQ | This space intentionally left blank. PO Box 1130 | Arcadia, CA. 91077 | All opinions must be my own since nobody pays 818-447-7052 evenings | me enough to be their mouthpiece...
fisher@sc2a.unige.ch (05/30/91)
In article <1991May28.030832.26541@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Richard Sucgang) writes: > Is there a utility to convert WP 5.x files to 4.2 or even just text for > import? As other people have already mentioned, WP 5.x is, of course, capable to convert it's files to older formats. As a side note, one could add that the "intuitive" save to `dos file' (i.e. ascii) is not the best solution in most cases, as the `soft returns' are converted to CR-LF sequences (or `hard returns' in WP-terminology). The way to convert text files to be formatted by another word processor is to use the `generic text' option, which leaves paragraphs as (very) long lines and doesn't convert tabs to spaces. The companion program CONVERT does not have the `generic text' option, which makes it useless as a stand-alone converter. Of course, you don't have WP 5.x, or you wouldn't be asking. The solutions you have are : - Find someone with WP 5.x to have your texts converted, or ask the people that send you the files to convert them before sending (remember: use `WP 4.2' or `generic text', not `dos file' option). You will certainly find some owner of WP 5.x close to you over the net, just remember to post to a local group to avoid expoding you mail-box. - If the convert program is enough, ask WP Corporation if you can get the CONVERT of WP 5.1 as a service to a registered user (who knows). - Finally, there is at least one WP specialist producing shareware with the technical knowledge to write a WP 5.x to `generic text' converter. He has downloaded a set of WP utils at Simtel20 (192.88.110.20) in the directory MSDOS.WORDPERF: WPTOOLS5.ZIP. If you want to ask him, the address in the docs is: David Seidman / Software by Seidman / 2737 Devonshire Place, N.W. / Washington, D.C. 20008. He might even have that piece of shareware handy. Good luck anyways, Markus G. Fischer, Dept of Anthropology, Geneva CH fisher@sc2a.unige.ch