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From: dhosek@sif.claremont.edu (Hosek, Donald A.)
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Subject: Re: wordperfect -> TeX conversion
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Date: 4 Jul 90 05:40:38 GMT
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In article <20100001@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM>, charles@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM (Charles Brown) writes...
>> I am in interested in a program that will convert WordPerfect
>> documents to TeX.  Such a program exists for T^3 but I have not
>> encountered one that will work with WordPerfect documents.  Any
>> information on a pd, shareware, or commercial program would be
>> appreciated. 
>I don't have one.  But I whipped out a program to convert a
>Volkswriter file to TeX (for a friend's thesis).  Its not hard.  Use
>emacs to look at the WP file.  From that you can see what control
>characters they use for various functions.

Here's a wonderful opportunity to point out the advantages of
being a member of the TeX Users Group. In TUGboat 10#4
(Conference Proceedings of the 1989 meeting) there is an article
by Anita Z. Hoover outlining techniques for using WP 5.0 as a
front-end to TeX. In TUGboat 10#1 there's yet another article on
the same topic. Both articles are more than just simple
conversions; they actually set things up so that WP is a friendly
front-end.

Both sets of WP macros should be available from Jon Radel who
unfortunately does not currently have net-access (any sysadmins
within reasonable phoning distance of Reston, VA care to offer
Jon a guest account?). His postal address is:
  Jon Radel
  P.O.Box 2276
  Reston, VA 22090-0276
He also has many other TeX-related items for the IBM PC.

The address for the TeX Users Group is:
  TeX Users Group
  P.O.Box 9506
  Providence, RI 02940-9506
  401-751-7760
  tug@math.ams.com

-dh

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