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From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: FullWrite Professioal
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Date: 17 May 88 14:47:48 GMT
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In article <1199@csuna.UUCP> dlt@csuna.UUCP (Dave Thompson) writes:
>I have a gripe about FWP.  If you try to open a text document from within
>FWP, up pops a dialog box with the message that says the document is not
>a valid MultiMate text document.  What ever is a MultiMate document?????
>In order to get this document into FWP I first had to read it into Word
>and save it as a Word document, exit Word and convert it in FWP.  *Rather*
>cumbersome, to say the least. It *is* a type TEXT file.  The reference
>manual says that files of ascii text can be opened.

Hmmm... well, I've been opening text files with no problems.  FullWrite also
opens MultiMate documents, which are produced by MultiMate, a
something-or-other application Ashton-Tate produces for the PC world.
Somehow, it appears FW is having a problem opening those specific text
files; I'm wondering if the AUTHOR code of the text file is equivalent to
whatever code is expected for a MultiMate document -- even though FW should
notice the TEXT code and leave it at that.

Suggestion: change the AUTHOR code of the text document to something else,
e.g. MWRT, WORD, etc.  Then see if it will open up the file.

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