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From: Cherry@Frodo.MGH.Harvard.EDU (J. Michael Cherry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Translation program for WordPerfect5(IBM) to WORD(Mac)
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Date: 10 Mar 91 17:30:50 GMT
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In article <1991Mar8.044752.559@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> 
sci213v@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (mr  p    freeman) writes:
> I have a document that was created with WordPerfect 5.0 on an IBM and I 
> would like to be able to transfer it onto a Macintosh so that Microsoft
> WORD can cope with it.  Does anyone know of a translator for Apple File 
> Exchange or some other way of doing this successfully.

MicroSoft has written the appropriate Apple File Exchange modules to 
convert WordPerfect 4.x/5.0 files to Rich Text Format (RTF) which can be
read by MS Word. I found the files on AppleLink. It works.

Mike Cherry
cherry@frodo.mgh.harvard.edu
Department of Molecular Biology
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
617-726-5955