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Hi,
	I'm trying to convert some raw (but structured) ASCII text into
a form that can be imported into a PC word processor with format/structure
info intact. The idea is to convert help text for a program into part of
a reference manual for the program. I hope to be able to update the help
text, run it through some sort of filter that produces something
digestible for the word processor, and then incorporate the result into
the next printout of the manual. 
	The word processor that I'm using, Lotus Manuscript, can
import DCA format text, which sounds like it fits the bill.
DCA is supposed to be an easy way to exchange docuements without loss of
format information.
Unfortunately, when I played around with exporting DCA text (so that I 
could try to grok the format) it looked like noise. Is DCA an ASCII
coding, or is it EBCDIC, or is it something else? Does anyone have
any spec for DCA, or (much better) some software that translates
into or out of DCA?
	Stepping back one full pace -- Does anyone know of a common
PC word processor that can import (while retaining formatting
information) an easy-to-work-with, text-based format? I'm aware
of pc implementations of n/troff and tex, but I'd prefer to stay with
products like Manuscript/Word/WordPerfect.

Kaare Christian
kc@rna.rockefeller.edu
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