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Subject:Re: Windows Write From:Julie Comstock-Fisher <julief -at- PDAINC -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 19 Feb 1999 11:54:26 -0600
On Friday, February 19, 1999 11:41 AM, Shawn Wilson
[SMTP:shawn -dot- wilson -at- IDSNET -dot- COM] wrote:
> Some of you folks may remember that Windows 3.1 came with a modest word
> processor called Write. When I switched to Win95 I discovered that neither
> WordPad nor MS-Word 95 could convert or open Write files. Does anyone know
> if such a conversion app or add-in exists?
Actually, WordPad does open .wri files--at least, it does on my computers at
home and the one here at work. :-)
Julie Comstock-Fisher Documentation Manager
julief -at- pdainc -dot- com PDA, Inc.
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