Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!umich!sharkey!cfctech!teemc!ka3ovk!drilex!wrglex!katec!l_seibert From: l_seibert@wrglex Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: WP 5 to ASCII ? Message-ID: <3.271af840@wrglex> Date: 19 Oct 90 12:25:48 GMT References: Organization: KATEC - TEC Systems, Maintal-Dorgenheim, FRG Lines: 56 In article , esaholm@polaris.utu.fi (Esa Holmberg) writes: > 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. I wonder, if there is any ready filter that would > do this? I could of course do it manually, but 500 files are > some too many.. > -- > _________________________________________________________________________ > ( Esa Holmberg, Turku Telephone Company, AXE, Linnankatu 4, 20100 TURKU, ) > ) Finland ! Elisa: Holmberg Esa TT (tt) ! fax +358 21 502 298 / > ( Internet: esaholm@utu.fi, holmberg_esa_tt%posti.elisa@funet.fi / You can do this easily with two DOS-batch-routines and a WP-macro. Master batch-routine: CNVMST.BAT call conv call conv call conv . . . This program can be easy produced with a normal editor. Batch-routine: CONV.BAT wp %1 /m convert ren \asc\temp.$$$ %1 The converted file is stored in the subdirectory \asc WP-macro: CONVERT CTRL-F5 1 1 \asc\temp.$$$ F7 n j The "n" and "j" mean in my german version: Exit text, no save, yes leave WP I hope this helps you. Good luck! Lars Seibert TEC Systems KATEC GRACE GmbH Honeywellstr. 18 6457 Maintal 1 Germany Tel.: +49 6181 9404-69 FAX : +49 6181 46646