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From: jtk@lakesys.UUCP (Joseph T. Klein (The Prince))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Word 3.01 to Troff?
Message-ID: <633@lakesys.UUCP>
Date: 4 May 88 08:10:16 GMT
References: <2758@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Reply-To: jtk@lakesys.UUCP (Joseph T. Klein (The Prince))
Organization: lakesys, division of xenophysiognomy research
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Keywords: microsoft word conversion

>I have some Word 3.01 documents that I would like to send
>to someone on a Unix host, preferably in troff format. Does
>anyone have a converter to go from any of the file formats
>one can save in Word (retaining formatting, esp. footnotes)
>to troff?

I suspect it would not be hard to create a RTF (Rich Text Format)
to troff conversion using lex, sed, or grep. I have thought about
doing this myself but just haven't had the time or imediate need.

A troff to RTF program would be rather nice. It would give UN*X/Mac
people a means of exchanging formatted documents.


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