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From: wnp@attctc.DALLAS.TX.US (Wolf Paul)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Looking for troff to word processor/page layout
Message-ID: <8617@attctc.DALLAS.TX.US>
Date: 11 Jul 89 21:12:51 GMT
References: <237@6sigma.UUCP>
Reply-To: wnp@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Wolf Paul)
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection BBS, Dallas, Tx
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In article <237@6sigma.UUCP> blm@6sigma.UUCP (Brian Matthews) writes:

=I've got a bunch of text in troff (actually eroff), using pic and tbl.  I
=need to get this text into either Word, Word Perfect, or Ventura on the
=PC, with as much formatting intact as possible.  So, if you have anything
=that takes troff as input and spits out one of the above, or something
=that can be converted to one of the above (for instance, Word on the Mac,
=or MacWrite), I'd appreciate hearing from you.  Note that even if you
=have a partial, hacked together solution, or even a pointer to a
=solution, I'm still interested.  If I can't find anything, I'll have to
=transfer just the text, and redo the formatting by hand, so any little
=bit helps!


Microsoft will send you upon request a copy of their RTF format which
troff text can easily be converted to using sed scripts.

Word 4.0 and later contain a utility to convert RTF files to Word files.

Hope this helps!
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