Re: xy reading

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In a message dated 2/1/01 3:51:26 PM Pacific Standard Time, rrr@xxxxxxxx
writes:

> That sounds bizarre. Even if they have never heard of XYwrite, they can
> open a XY file easily from Word as a text file. What did they say happened
> when they opened a XY file?
>
They didn't say, and I was too unfamiliar with Word to ask further.

> You can just remove the guillemots and what you have is a clean DOS text
> file. There is no excuse for any word processor not to open that.

Guillemot? New term to me, except its diving-bird connotation. Please
enlighten me. In the meantime, thanks much for the advice. And thanks,
David Auerbach at NCSU. 



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