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Jason Pascucci (jasonp@bungee.NoSubdomain.NoDomain) wrote:
: Are there any programs which will transform XYWrite documents
: to something a little more portable? (XYWrite2PostScript would
: be most perferable.:)
: 
: I don't have XYWrite, and the $445 pricetag in ComputerShopper
: for XYWrite3.0 is insane for what it appears to do. I'm
: getting some documents in either Ascii or XYWrite format,
: and I'd prefer to keep any pleasant formatting
: that has been worked on, but I'll just take the ASCII
: if it's too much of a pain. 
: 
	XyWrite files are pretty close to pure ASCII except for the formating
commands. How difficult it would be to convert depends on how mcuh
formatting is in the files. Simple stuff could be easily handed with a
search and replace function in most any WP. That would be cumbersome with
a lot of formatting. If the person is sending you XyWrite files, tell them
to use the ASCII printer file. It will set margins and put in running
headers and footers and be all ASCII. Maybe that helps.
	I use XyWrite and its updated version, Signature. Signature has
the ability to save and import a number of formats with some built in
stuff from Word for Word.
	-- jack
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