From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 17 01:11:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA28331 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 01:11:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wisdom.inf.net.au (root@wisdom.psinet.net.au [203.62.152.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA28325 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 01:11:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cyberstein (netnology@synapse-75.psinet.net.au [203.62.153.179]) by wisdom.inf.net.au (8.8.5/8.7) with SMTP id QAA09077; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 16:05:12 +0800 Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19970917160930.00b26480@mail.psinet.net.au> X-Sender: netnology@mail.psinet.net.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 16:09:30 To: "Alex.Boisvert" , Brian Tao From: NetNology Subject: Re: Word processors under FreeBSD Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk You can get a Word97 to Word6/95 file format converter direct from microsoft. go to the products section and take a look around Regards Gavin Forrest At 12:28 16/09/97 -0400, Alex.Boisvert wrote: -------------------------reply separator------------------------- >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. > > -------------------------reply separator------------------------- _________________________________________________ Reward Consulting Pty. Ltd. | ACN: 074 896 638 | P.O. Box 181 Trading as | Melville 6156 ---------------------------- n e t n o l o g y Western Australia phone: (+61-8) 9227-5957 | fax: (+61-8) 9227-5956 | e-mail: netnology@psinet.net.au | web: www.psinet.net.au/~netnology | ------------------------------------------------<- |--> Computer Support for Hardware & Software ---| --------------------- Help Desk & Maintenance <--| |--> Database & Web Authoring & Software --------| ------------ Intranet & Internet & Networking <--| +