Re: Word conversion of XyWrite files?

[rrr@xxxxxxxx (Rene von Rentzell)]

Timothy Olson:
>There's yet another method of using XyWrite files in Word--one that
>bypasses any third-party translation program. You simply call up the
>XyWrite file directly in Word. In the FileOpen dialog box,

Shudder. Why mess with Word dialog boxes, if all you want to do is
import text and discard the code?


>uses Xy and the rest of the company is on Word. It's much simpler to just
>give them Xy files and expect them to run the macro than it is to run
>around converting and/or exporting.

Why? People convert files in order to preserve formatting information.
All you want to do, apparently, is import *text*. And removing the
formatting codes in XY is only a question of one quick search/replace
macro -- which you can assign to one key. Why bother with Wurgh?



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