Re: Impression file format

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2 total messages Started by Lorcan Mongey Tue, 15 Dec 1992 00:29

#630

Author: Lorcan Mongey
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 00:29

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In article <1992Dec8.112419.19538@aston.ac.uk> davism@uhura.aston.ac.uk
(Mik Davis) writes:

> Actually, this is getting to be a rather acute problem. Does anyone
> know of any way of transferring files from an arch. to a Mac running
> MSWord whilst retaining at least some of the layout.

Have you tried the Impression Business Suppliment? I believe it does
import/export in various PC-world formats.

Lorcan

Re: Impression file format

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Author: Philip Watson
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 17:21

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In article <921215002947@avistic.demon.co.uk> Lorcan Mongey,
lorcan@avistic.demon.co.uk writes:
>In article <1992Dec8.112419.19538@aston.ac.uk> davism@uhura.aston.ac.uk
>(Mik Davis) writes:
>
>> Actually, this is getting to be a rather acute problem. Does anyone
>> know of any way of transferring files from an arch. to a Mac running
>> MSWord whilst retaining at least some of the layout.
> 
>Have you tried the Impression Business Suppliment? I believe it does
>import/export in various PC-world formats.

Looking at the entry for the Impression Business Supplement in the
Latest Acorn Product directory (Page 71) It says...

"The Impresseion Business Supplement includes
utilities for mail-merging, Expression-PS, and
loader modules for several PC and Macintosh
applications.
.
.
.
The loader modules are for PC and Macintosh applications,
including Microsoft Word (RTF), WordPerfect 4.2, 
WordStar 4.0, and PipeDream. They enable files from these
applications to be loaded directly into Impression,
complete with many text attributes (such as bold, underline,
font face/size)."

I think the key phrases are:-
1)    "loaded", no mention of export.
2)    "many text attributes", not full support for RTF etc

I guess the latter would legitimately be difficult to expect.

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