Re: Converting from Word to XY

["Yo Intl." rrr@xxxxxxxx]

At 04:12 PM 5/24/99 +0100, you wrote:

>Sorry about this old chestnut again; it's a case of not paying attention
>until the problem arises.
>
>I'm trying to convert some Word Documents to XY format. When I use the
>import facility in XYWin, I get a couple of squiggles, and that's it. No
>text. No nothing. What am I doing wrong?
>
>Paul Breeze

XY-Win does not understand Word versions higher than 6. Better save
as RTF and hope for the best (Micros**t seems to have fiddled with
the RTF "standard" too, to make it less standard-like and more
Word-specific...)


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