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Re: Need Recommendation: Agency for Doc Conversion
Subject:Re: Need Recommendation: Agency for Doc Conversion From:Chet Ensign <Chet_Ensign%LDS -at- NOTES -dot- WORLDCOM -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 15 Feb 1996 12:56:12 -0600
Susan Schulken writes:
> We have a client in the Metro DC area who's looking for
> help with user manuals in MS-Word.
> The client wants to apply new style templates to
> a large number of existing documents. ... They would prefer to outsource the
work
> to an agency that specializes in conversion.
Susan, here are three companies that specialize in document conversion:
Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL)
184-13 Horace Harding Expressway,
Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
(718) 357-8700
FAX: (718) 367-8776
Tom Brady is their rep down in the DC area. His email address is
tjbrady -at- nyc -dot- pipeline -dot- com and his phone number is 908-359-7121.
Innodata
95 Rockwell Place
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(718) 855-0044
Fax: (718) 522-9235
US Department of Justice
UNICOR Federal Prison Industries
Graphics and Services Division
320 First St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20534
(800)827-3168
Also, Avalance -- an Interleaf company -- makes a product called SureStyle. My
understanding is that it is designed to do what you describe -- automatically
style Word documents to a given style sheet. I've had no experience with it
myself, but you can contact them at ...
Avalance Development Company
4999 Pearl East Circle
Suite 100
Boulder, Colorado 80302
(303) 449-5032
FAX: (303) 449-3246
Email: sales -at- avalanche -dot- com
Best regards,
/chet
Chet Ensign
Logical Design Solutions
571 Central Avenue http://www.lds.com
Murray Hill, NJ 07974 cworl -at- lds -dot- com [email]
908-771-9221 [Phone] 908-771-0430 [FAX]
