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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 12:28:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Alex.Boisvert" <boia01@castor.GEL.USherb.CA>
To: Brian Tao <taob@nbc.netcom.ca>
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Subject: Re: Word processors under FreeBSD
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On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, Brian Tao wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Alex.Boisvert wrote:
> > 
> > Corel has a version of Word Perfect v7.0 for Linux which works
> > nicely under FreeBSD 2.2.2 (with Linux emulation).  The file format
> > is fully compatible with the Windows (3.1 or 95) of WordPerfect.
> 
>     Do you know where you can get additional document converters?  I
> need one specifically for Word 7.0/Word97 formats.
> 

No. I don't.   Try asking at support@sdcorp.com.

Word 7.0 (also called Word'95) uses the same format as Word 6.0.

Word'97 uses a new file format.  Try saving in RTF format...

Regards,
Alex.