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From: dave@PRC.Unisys.COM (David Lee Matuszek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Can't read MacWrite II...?
Message-ID: <17163@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM>
Date: 10 Apr 91 19:05:28 GMT
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Here's a problem I haven't seen discussed.  My son was working on some
schoolwork, on one of the school's Macs, using MacWrite II.  When he
brought it home, we couldn't open his files (we don't have MacWrite II).

Our ancient MacWrite 4.5 bombed when it tried to open the files (no
surprise there).

MS Word 4.0 couldn't see the files to open them.

WriteNow 2.2a couldn't see the files to open them.

Nisus 3.041 (Demo) couldn't see the files to open them.

I thought MacWrite II had been around long enough for everybody to
develop filters for their format.  Wrong?

It used to be that MacWrite format was the lingua franca of the Mac
word processing world.  Everybody could read/write it.  Now it looks
like nobody cares about MacWrite II files.  Has Claris totally blown
it, or can't I open them because I've been doing something incredibly
stupid?


-- Dave Matuszek (dave@prc.unisys.com)  I don't speak for my employer. --
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