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Started by Thorsten Boente
Tue, 05 Jan 1993 19:54
Filter
Author: Thorsten Boente
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 19:54
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 19:54
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Is nobody able to tell me, if it exists a filter between pcgeos and winword??? I've posted this now the third time!! Gruss Thorsten. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thorsten Boente, Paul-Schroeder-Str. 31, 2307 Daenischenhagen, Germany Tel.: +49 4349-8866 =======================> quattro@thoki.toppoint.de -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Re: Filter
Author: MATIS stephane
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:07
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:07
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In article <Jan.13.01.33.13.1993.1721@pilot.njin.net> birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag) writes: >quattro@thoki.toppoint.de (Thorsten Boente) writes: > >>Is nobody able to tell me, if it exists a filter between pcgeos >>and winword??? > >>I've posted this now the third time!! > >I think the lack of responses is due to confusing (on the part of other >users) regarding the terminology you use - "filter" is an unknown term >to most of us. > >I believe you are stating that you wish to move files between the two >applications, or convert them from one application to the other. > >Currently, to my knowledge, both programs support ASCII import/export, but >there is no way to retain the specific formatting information from one >program when converting a program (through ASCII) for use on the other. > >Although I do not speak for GeoWorks or any third-party vendor, I personally >expect (strongly) that either > >1- Version 2.0 of GeoWrite will import/export other word processor files. > >or... > >2- A third-party application to convert between multiple formats will be > made available for GEOS. > >or... > >3- One of the existing DOS-based conversion applications will be updated to > handle GeoWrite documents, along with any others it currently handles. > >This is purely conjecture on my part, but it is based on what I believe would >be a logical course of events with regard to document conversion. > >-Shag Personally, I think GEOS should just support RTF and be done with it. Most current work I do is in RTF, which allows me to move between MACs, Windows, my NeXT and even WordP for DOS. Proper use of RTF is a superb quality of being in 7 bit ASCII, and fully legible. BTW, AOL can be reached by Ineternet. the method is : name@aol.com C'est tout. +---------------------------------+ ___ ___ ___ | Stephane I. Matis | / \_BATLLETECH /\__\ Viva NeXT! | E-Mail : kgnome@cs.concordia.ca | \___/ \___/ \/__/ NeXTSTEP 3.0! | "It Just Works..." - Steve Jobs | \___/ +---------------------------------+ Wolfnet Operative & NeXThead
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