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From: cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us (Crash Gordon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: WP 5 to ASCII ?
Keywords: WordPerfect filter
Message-ID: <2719dd16-3bc.1comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc-1@vpnet.chi.il.us>
Date: 15 Oct 90 17:55:04 GMT
References: <esaholm.655853101@polaris>
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>Author: [Esa Holmberg]
>I have about 500 small text files that have been written with
>Wordperfect 5.0, and now they should be converted to plain
>ASCII files.

Just use the CONVERT.EXE program which comes with WP.  Select "WordPerfect
to Another Format", then "ASCII".  This program will take wildcards for
input filenames, so you could do a whole subdirectory.

I know this works; I just shelled out and did it.

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Gordon S. Hlavenka            cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us
Disclaimer:                Yeah, I said it.  So what?