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Re: Converting from Word to XY



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...) -- Rene v. Rentzell, Tokyo -- For the United States, alias "NATO," the planning and -- launching of this war by the president heightens the abuse -- and undermining of warmaking authority under the Constitution. -- Walter J. Rockler, former prosecutor, Nuremberg war crimes trials