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From: jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris)
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Subject: Re: .WRI to .TXT Converter?
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Date: 5 Nov 90 15:11:49 GMT
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In a recent article mr@cica.indiana.edu (Michael Regoli) writes:
 
>Does anyone know if a .WRI to .TXT (straight ASCII) format converter
>exists?  I can certainly see the advantages to having one.  (BTW, have
>*you* ever tried running "strings" on a .WRI file?!  What a mess!) :)

Unless I'm missing something in your request, you can do exactly that
by printing to a disk file.  Just use Control Panel to configure a 
"generic, text only" printer to the port "FILE", select that printer,
and print.

A simpler way to get an ASCII file is to save a file from Write with the
"TEXT ONLY" box checked, but this can cause problems because the paragraphs
are written without line breaks.  Fine if you have a screen capable of 
displaying 2k characters/line, but irritating for anyone else.

Joe Morris