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From: dfickes@expert.com (David Fickes)
Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop
Subject: Text Movement Problems....
Message-ID: <1989Sep9.020234.14411@expert.com>
Date: 9 Sep 89 02:02:34 GMT
Reply-To: dfickes@expert.UUCP (David Fickes)
Organization: Sun Expert Magazine - Brookline, MA
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Simply put we are receiving a lot of submissions to the 
magazine through email and on disk in various formats.  Most 
of the incoming material is in troff (ms) format.  It 
must end up in a QuarkExpress format after an editing cycle.  

+ Some of our writer's prefer we send them diffs of the 
	original troff for changes.  

+ Our editor's would rather import the troff to Frame and
	use it there but...

+ We need to finally port it into QuarkExpress for layout
	and pasteup work.

At first glance, DCA seems to be a good option since 
both Frame and QuarkExpress accept it.  Unfortunately,
Frame does not have a DCA output filter!  Additionally,
these still leaves the edit cycle problem.  Editing the
raw troff submissions is an option the editors are rebelling 
against and I tend to agree with them.  

Given the above constraints...  Do either Chuck or Steve,
(ummmm... I mean anyone reading the newsgroup have any
ideas?)  I've considered paying someone to come up with a
MIF (Frame) to DCA filter and then giving a copy of Frame
to all of our regulars.

thanks, david


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