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Re: WordPerfect <<-->> MS WinWord; HOW??

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From: Sven Ostlind
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 00:00
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After a long time of struggle we found out that removing some of the
WP-fonts would make conversions better between the programs. By
default Word do not convert but reformats extended characters in a "WP
MultiLingual" font. By removing this font the translation process
works good for this issue!

Best Regards

Sven Ostlind
Sven.Ostlind@mbox325.swipnet.se


iq@incentre.net (Mike Brown -- Interquest Business Solutions Inc.)
wrote:

>I have been having problems with a client who uses both
>WinWord 6.0c and WPWin 6.x(6-point-something).. Documents
>created in WPWin can't be imported correctly into WinWord
>and vice-versa.  The WPWin doc have .WPD extensions, and the
>WinWord docs have .DOC extensions.

>Is there a magic incantation that I need to chant?  Is there
>a utility (shareware, freeware, commercial) that will do
>this? Is there a patch to either of the products that will
>help?

>**********************************************************************
>                 C. M. (Mike) Brown, CMA, CNE
>       My opinions are my own -- who else would want them?
>    Coming to you from Edmonton, Alberta, in the Great White North
>**********************************************************************
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From: Sven.Ostlind@mbox325.swipnet.se (Sven Ostlind)
Subject: Re: WordPerfect <<-->> MS WinWord;  HOW??
Date: 1996/08/30
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