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Date:      Wed, 17 Sep 1997 16:09:30
From:      NetNology <netnology@psinet.net.au>
To:        "Alex.Boisvert" <boia01@castor.GEL.USherb.CA>, Brian Tao <taob@nbc.netcom.ca>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Word processors under FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <3.0.3.32.19970917160930.00b26480@mail.psinet.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970916122615.17467A-100000@castor>
References:  <Pine.GSO.3.95.970916115358.21795G-100000@tor-adm1.nbc.netcom.ca>

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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:
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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.
>
>
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