Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!bill From: bill@ut-emx.UUCP (Bill Jefferys) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Word format Message-ID: <9746@ut-emx.UUCP> Date: 23 Jan 89 14:46:22 GMT References: Reply-To: bill@emx.UUCP (Bill Jefferys) Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas Lines: 14 In article wb1j+@andrew.cmu.edu (William M. Bumgarner) writes: #> Where can I get info on the format of MSoft Word files? # #You are going to have a very difficult time doing so-- You can try MicroSoft, #but it is doubtful that that will help. Give Aldus and Ashton-Tate a call-- #both have worked with the Word format (PageMaker and FullWrite deal with #it), and they may have something they can send. # As I understand it, Microsoft considers their Word format proprietary--they do give it to certain commercial developers, but certainly with a non-disclosure agreement. I am quite certain you won't get it from Aldus or Ashton-Tate. Bill Jefferys