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Re: Need MS Word <-> Wordperfect 6.0 Converter

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From: Martin Sohnius
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 00:00
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drspiff@tamu.edu wrote:
: bernd@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Bernd Gill) wrote:
: >I require a utility that converts MS Word (6 or 7) documents into
: >WordPerfect 5.1 and vice versa.

: >I would be very grateful for any pointers to such a utility,
: >preferably running under UnixWare or any other kind of UNIX;
: >although DOS or Windoes versions are fine, too.

: I use the Word 6.0 utility to convert into WP 5.1 for DOS, and it
: seems to work fine. However, what I really need is a converter from
: Word 6.0 to WP 6.0, since that is the version my collegues are using. 

Once it's in WP5.1, your colleague's WP6.0 programs should be able to load
it, and then save it to WP6.0 format.  No?

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From: msohnius@novell.co.uk (Martin Sohnius)
Subject: Re: Need MS Word <-> Wordperfect 6.0 Converter
Date: 1995/10/12
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