Hi Don and Michael, I have *never* used WP, nor any sort of merge files nor print spoolers with DP. Still, everything I make with DP is fully compatible with any word processor or any export format around.
In my humble opinion, the easiest way to exchange data between DP and Windows programs is indeed -as Don says- csv (Windows Excel) OR html (Windows Excel, Word, OR anything else). Between these two, html is really my favorite... Making html reports in DP is extremely easy, since DP is just perfect for creating html table formats; furthermore, html tables, in combination with external style sheets, make awefully good looking reports that are *very* easy to send to a printer or to import in *any* Windows or Linux based program (all recent word processors read HTML)... Regards, Geert De Baets On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:11:25 +0100, Don Friedman <[email protected]> wrote: > Michael - I just don't think that there are dependable utilities out > there that will convert a WP4.2 merge file to something that Word can > use - maybe someone else knows better. > Don > On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Michael Iannantuoni < > [email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks Don, >> I was hoping not to have to rewrite too much of the reports but maybe >> I'll have to bite the bullet! >> Michael >> On 20/03/2010 14:08, Don Friedman wrote: >> > Michael - probably the cleanest procedure would be to rewrite the DP >> > reports to create .csv files which can be brought into Excel which can >> > then be saved in a format that Word can use. >> > Sent from my iPhone >> > Don Friedman >> > ProfessionalRecords.Com LCC >> > 413-784-1600 >> > 412-784-1615 FAX >> > On Mar 20, 2010, at 6:29 AM, Michael Iannantuoni< >> > [email protected] >> > > wrote: >> >> I have a DataPerfect database that is used, for our village >> >> magazine, to >> >> keep track of advertisers, send out renewal reminders, invoices& >> >> receipts etc by producing, from reports, WordPerfect merge data files >> >> which are then merged in form letters within WordPerfect X3. >> >> >> >> This works fine and has done for many years, however because we are >> >> moving to another part of the country soon, I have to hand over this >> >> database to someone else who uses MS Word. Can anyone give me some >> >> advice and guidance please on how to produce MS Word merge data files >> >> from DataPerfect reports? >> >> >> >> TIA >> >> >> >> Michael -- Vriendelijke groeten, Geert De Baets mailto:[email protected] Web: http://www.debaets.be Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
