Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!ll-xn!delaney
From: delaney@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (John Delaney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Apple File Exchange Translators wanted
Message-ID: <855@xn.LL.MIT.EDU>
Date: 11 Jan 88 18:30:44 GMT
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA
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Keywords: Apple File Exchange, MS Word 3.01, WordPerfect


Now that Apple File Exchange is being distributed as part of the latest
system release, I assume a niche market will develop for translators.
Is anyone developing (or aware of someone else developing) a translator
from MicroSoft Word 3.01 (Mac version) to WordPerfect (MSDOS version) and
back? In theory, I can go Word => RTF => DCA => WordPerfect and back
without Apple File Exchange. But I would not be surprised to lose/garble
a few things on my way through RTF and DCA. A direct translator sure would
be convenient. It might also be profitable for someone to develop since
MS Word 3.01 seems to be a good seller in the Mac community and WordPerfect
in the IBM/IBM-clone community.

Thanks for any information you can provide.

John