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From: jhp3@nvuxh.UUCP (J H Proschan)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: wysiwyg to troff conversion program
Message-ID: <227@nvuxh.UUCP>
Date: 6 Apr 88 19:37:55 GMT
Organization: Bell Communications Research
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Keywords: troff, pc word processor


About a year ago, Small Press magazine reviewed a program called Softype, 
by Softest.  This program translated word processor files (WordPerfect, 
MS Word, Wordstar 2000, Multimate, Samna Word, Displaywrite 3, . . .) 
into the equivalent troff files.  It was available for MSDOS.  When I 
tried to call the company, I was told that it had been bought out, and 
they new company had dropped Softype.

Does anyone know if another company has taken it over, or if there are 
any similar programs on the market?  DCA-to-troff would be an acceptable 
alternative.  Paragraphing, fonts, headers, and indented lists are the 
major items needed.  The program should run on an MSDOS machine, as
uploading wp files is a nuisance, but a UNIX (VAX) version would be 
usable if there are no PC programs.