----- Original Message ----- From: "Malcolm Cadman" To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 10:15 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Quill to PDF convertor ?
> It can't be that difficult ... I have a freeware program on RISC OS > called appropriately enough "AntiWord". Which takes any M$ Word file > and converts it in to plain text or HTML. > > Very useful it has proved to be. > > It seems to cope with any version of a Word.doc too. > > Anyway, with QPC2 it is easy to copy over a Quill_doc into a Quill.doc > or a plain text file to the DOS C: Drive, and import it in to M$ Word. > > The version of M$ Word that I have, dated 2002, has a file converter > that requests how to treat imported formats. > It is fairly easy to transfer text between different word processors including between PC and QL ones. However not everyone is disciplined and a lot of PC users just assume that everyone can read Word files and import them into other programs. If a Word.doc contains graphics or unusual formatting such as columns, these can be quite difficult to import into other (even PC) programs. Dare I say it, but one of the worst offenders was Quanta who seem to have a love affair with MS Word - the committee must sleep with a copy of it under their pillows. We have embarked on a program of re-education, some of us by gentle persuasion and others by brute force, Best Wishes, Geoff _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
