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- From: ellis@nova.gmi.edu (Stew Ellis)
- Subject: Re: wanted: document converters
- Message-ID: <ellis.726755534@nova>
- Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Mr. News)
- Organization: GMI Engineering&Management Institute, Flint, MI
- References: <1993Jan11.110522.2302@trl.oz.au>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 12:32:14 GMT
- Lines: 38
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- jag@jeeves.trl.OZ.AU (John Gilmour) writes:
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- >I'd like to convert a number of different document formats to text
- >formats on unix. I'm interested in outputs from various PC packages:
- >MSWORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, WK1, NOTEPAD.
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- >Are there any converters to RTF for these formats than run under
- >unix?
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- >Are there any direct text converters for these packages that run under
- >unix?
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- >Will consider public domain or comerical software.
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- >Thanks
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- >--
- > John Gilmour, Telecom Research Labs, P.O. 249, Clayton, Vic., 3168, Australia.
- > Phone: +61 3 253 6361 Fax: +61 3 253 6664
- > Internet: j.gilmour@trl.OZ.AU
- > x400: g=john s=gilmour ou=trl o=telecom prmd=telecom006 admd=telememo c=au
- > John Gilmour, Telecom Research Labs, P.O. 249, Clayton, Vic., 3168, Australia.
- > Phone: +61 3 253 6361 Fax: +61 3 253 6664
- > Internet: j.gilmour@trl.OZ.AU
- > x400: g=john s=gilmour ou=trl o=telecom prmd=telecom006 admd=telememo c=au
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- There are a number of tools for converting RTF to TeX and troff and troff to
- TeX, I believe, on indri.primate.wisc.edu:pub/RTF and pub/troffcvt. I have
- not yet actually tried them.
-
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