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4820.1 | Use DOS Printer driver | PAMSRC::63643::BARRETT | I will not instigate revolution | Thu Jun 13 1991 14:16 | 2 |
| Yes, according to the documentation, you use the DOS Printer driver and
configure it to print to a disk file rather than the prionter.
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4820.2 | | IAMNRA::SULLIVAN | You only play the games that you know you can lose | Fri Jun 14 1991 11:49 | 10 |
| RE: .-1
I don't understand how that can work... I am not using WP, since I do not
have ready access to it, and the file is in WP revisable form, not output
form. I did not create the document, I got it through the mail!
Capturing printer output is not likely to do what I want, but I will try it
just to be sure!
-SES
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4820.3 | | PAMSRC::63643::BARRETT | I will not instigate revolution | Fri Jun 14 1991 14:46 | 8 |
| You run WP, load in your file, then change your printer selection such that
you use the DOS driver and the output destination is a file. The resulting file
will be a ASCII type text file of your document.
I've tried this and it works OK - but you will lose some of the fancier
formatiing (like italics).
Keith
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4820.4 | | BARD::mcafee | Steve McAfee | Fri Jun 14 1991 16:55 | 10 |
| He wants to know if he can convert the file WITHOUT WordPerfect.
You might ask in the IBMPC notesfile. I wouldn't be surprised if there
was a PD program available there.
You might be able to find another word processor which can input a
wordperfect file. And then output from that program. Maybe wps on
VMS can do this?
-steve
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4820.5 | Post script to ascii - yes. | ULTRA::BURGESS | Mad Man across the water | Fri Jun 14 1991 18:05 | 11 |
| re <<< Note 4820.0 by IAMNRA::SULLIVAN "You only play the games that you know you can lose" >>>
> -< Help: Conversion of WP documents to ascii plain text.... >-
> Is there a ready way on the Amiga to convert WordPerfect documents to plain
> ascii text. Alternatively is there a way to do that on a VAX platform?
Well, there is a way to "de-post_script" stuff on vaxes, if
thats what you mean I can look it up..... else I won't bother.
R
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4820.6 | de-post_script, please | NAC::BRANNON | value added | Mon Jun 17 1991 17:52 | 12 |
| > ascii text. Alternatively is there a way to do that on a VAX platform?
>
> Well, there is a way to "de-post_script" stuff on vaxes, if
>thats what you mean I can look it up..... else I won't bother.
yes, please. Far too many functional specs seem to be done in
postscript these days. I want to convert them back to something
I can search with an editor and that won't take hours to print out.
Source code for this wonder would be even better.
thanks,
dennis
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