Re: waking up

["M.W. Poirier" poirmw@xxxxxxxx]

  Why not save a XY4 file as an RTF file, and send that? MSWord
  can read RTF files, ...if I recall well.

  M.W. Poirier

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On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Nicholas Browse wrote:

> Janet -
>
> If you are working in Windows, print the file as a PDF. I have had very
> good results, although the right margin seems to shift a bit. This is most
> useful for files that do not need further editing, although unformatted
> text can readily be extracted.
>
> I have also used WordPort. This works OK for files that are not heavily
> formatted. Styles particularly cause WordPort to choke.
>
> Nick Browse
>
> At 01:59 PM 7/14/2003, you wrote:
> >Hi list,
> >I was a subscriber long ago to this list and have just returned after a long
> >hiatus, because I am getting a new computer and am worried about
> >making sure everything in my xywrite 4 remains the same when I
> >switch.
> >But another question is about how to best send xzywrite files
> >to others. (Excuse me for asking this question, but I have tried
> >to retrieve the archives but the webpage was unavailable).
> >My strategy now is to create a file in xywrite, convert it to msword
> >using filemerlin, and then send it over e-mail as a word attachment.
> >The converter is not perfect, so I often have to go in an fix tabs, etc,
> >If there is a better way to send formatted xywrite files to others as
> >attachments that they can open and read, and even work on, I'd
> >love to know it. (I'm not a programmer, so something for the lay user would
> >be appreciated.)
> >Thanks, and sorry for what is probably a too-much-asked question.
> >(too bad I couldn't open the archives on this).
> >Janet Randall
> >
> >
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