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Subject:Re: Extracting text from Interleaf From:Nate Rush <nater -at- KARMAK -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 8 Sep 1997 08:45:16 -0500
Lynn Gold wrote:
>
> Keith Wilkinson wrote:
> >
> >Does anyone have any experience with extracting text
> >from Interleaf files, or is it just about impossible?
>
> The easiest way I've found is to use the windowing features of X Windows to
> select and copy an area of text (use the left bank of keys on your SPARC to
> do this), and then paste the text into an editor.
>
> --Lynn
>
Another way is to save the Interleaf file as ASCII and then convert it
to a plain text file. You can then import it (e.g. to FrameMaker).
--
Nate Rush - Director of Documentation
Karmak, Inc.
Carlinville, Illinois mailto:nater -at- karmak -dot- com
http://www.karmak.com
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