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Subject:Re: Summary: Converting XyWrite to Word 97 From:Philomena Hoopes <PHILA -at- MAIL -dot- VIPS -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 17 Feb 1999 17:07:30 -0500
Lynn,
You can find the website of the company that purchased XYWrite at
www.tgrp.com. Theoretically, they still offer XYWrite support; whether that
extends to filters for Word97, I don't know (last I heard, their software
development policies were highly proprietary and anti-Microsoft).
Anyway, good luck.
Philomena Hoopes
Phila -at- vips -dot- com <mailto:Phila -at- vips -dot- com>
VIPS Healthcare Information Solutions, Inc.
(410) 832-8330 ext 845
-----Original Message-----
From: Gottlieb, Lynn [mailto:Lynn -dot- Gottlieb -at- PSS -dot- BOEING -dot- COM]
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 4:51 PM
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Subject: Summary: Converting XyWrite to Word 97
Original post:
> I need to add some new information to a 200 page document
that was written in XyWrite. It hasn't been updated since 1985 (not a
typo).
>
> Does anyone know a painless way to convert this document
from XyWrite 3 to Word (I'm using Word 97)? The archives didn't have
anything about XyWrite/Word conversions.
>
Potential Solutions:
From Darren Barefoot-
Well, certainly two options that I encountered in a brief
search (I had a
similar conundrum with some early WordStar
files--fortunately Microsoft had
a free plug-in utility on their site) are:
The second is, I think, a DOS-based freeware product. Good
luck. DB.
*****
From Geoff Lane-
You could try the Word product support area on Microsoft's
web site to see
if they have a suitable import filter. Otherwise,
WordPerfect 7 can
import/export XyWrite III Plus versions 3.55, 3.56, and 4.0.
You should be
able to upgrade your copy of Word for about $69.
*****
From Lynn Perry-
Seems like I remember XYWrite can be saved as text. That
certainly might be
the easiest, given that may have to do a lot of cleanup
after the conversion
anyway.
If you have PageMaker, seems like I remember PageMaker had
an Import filter
for XYWrite.
As a last resort, you might just try opening the XYWrite
file using Word
(using Open rather than double-click). The XYWrite format
may give you the
text without too many garbagers.
