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- From: peters@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Brooks Peters)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.wanted
- Subject: Re: Batch conversion of WordPerfect 2.1 files to ascii text
- Message-ID: <30061@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 19:27:06 GMT
- References: <1993Jan22.032701.4110@citec.oz.au>
- Reply-To: peters@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Brooks Peters)
- Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD
- Lines: 17
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- In comp.sys.mac.wanted, sgccncr@citec.oz.au (Nick Russell) writes:
- >I'm looking for a method of converting a whole folder of WordPerfect Mac
- >2.1 files into ascii text format. I'd originally tried using WordPerfect
- >to produce ascii dumps, but the formatting isn't particularly nice when
- >styles are used. MacLink Plus does a nice conversion but there doesn't seem
- >to be any way of automating the process for a number of files. I've tried
- >using Quickeys macros but without any success.
- >
- >Anybody got any other ideas ?
-
- I tried MacLinkPlus/PC (4.12) and was able to select multiple documents
- for conversion (constrained by being within the same folder). I've also
- used the MacLink/Translators document with Apple File Exchange and
- seem to recall multiple document selection is supported there too.
-
- Good luck,
- Brooks
-