RE: Quick Question

["Ambos, Paul" PAMBOS@xxxxxxxx]

I find fair success in saving in rtf format then opening in MSWord to adjust
margins, tabs, etc. The result can be saved in either rtf or the current
version of Word. rtf is generally more universally readable.

Regards,

Paul Ambos
pambos@xxxxxxxx



> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Malcolm DeBevoise [SMTP:mbd@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Friday, March 07, 2003 4:44 PM
> To:	xywrite@xxxxxxxx
> Subject:	Quick Question
>
> I am a translator who has been using XyWrite for almost fifteen years.
> Both commercial publishers and university presses are now refusing to
> accept disks in XyWrite, which is widely believed to be extinct. An
> editor at a New York house that insists on Microsoft Word congratulated me
> on being the last known speaker of XyWrite ("Is your mother tongue
> Cornish?" he asked)...
>
> I gather however that it is still possible to work in XyWrite and convert
> to Word format, either by saving files as Word 5.5 or as RTF. I tried the
> first method (copying a test file to a disk) but on trying to open the
> file again in Word was told that the application associated with the
> selected template could not be started or the application could not use
> the selected template.
>
> No doubt I have made some very elementary mistake. Rather than go on
> making elementary mistakes (something I am good at doing) I thought I
> would be better off seeking expert advice--hence this query. Can anyone
> walk me through the procedure?
>
> With thanks in advance etc
>
> Malcolm DeBevoise