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Subject: Re: WordPerfect PC->Mac problems
Message-ID: <1990Sep20.092958.81@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
Date: 20 Sep 90 13:29:58 GMT
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In article <1990Sep19.202259.2607@agate.berkeley.edu>, dana@are.berkeley.edu (Dana E. Keil) writes:
> By the way, though, do you *want* to use WordPerfect on the Mac?
> I mean, if your only concern is translation between Macs and
> WordPerfect on the PC, you don't have to use WordPerfect on the
> Mac. Translation between PC WordPerfect and various Mac word
> processors (I use Word) is easily done with MacLink translators
> from DataViz. You can also save a Microsoft Word file from the Mac
> as Word DOS and then have the WordPerfect conversion program make
> the translation from MS Word PC to WordPerfect PC. Sometimes this
> seems to handle things even better than the DataViz translator
> (which, by the way, is the same thing as the most recent version of
> the TOPS translators).

Of course then you have to use Word, which is above and beyond the
call of punishment :-). Seriously, I've found that the fewest number
of file formats you go through, the better. And WordPerfect 2.0 does
look pretty snazzy. I've heard October from WP reps at several
occasions...

Adam

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