On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:17:37 -0700 Thomas Ehrhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am a writer who, like many others, uses Word Perfect for DOS. It's > hard, however, to export such files to Windows word processing programs > in order to send them on to "normal" users. Can they be exported > successfully to and thru OpenOffice? Probably not much more easily than they can be exported to Microsoft Word. (I assume that's the program you mean when you say "Windows word processing programs", as OpenOffice is in part a word processing program and it runs on Windows too.) The steps required will be much the same regardless of which way you go. Depending on the purpose of the exporting, you may find that the easiest thing to do would be to use WP/DOS to create a Postscript file by printing to a virtual HP Laserjet. Then you can create a PDF file from your Postscript file and distribute that. This could be a fully automated process, actually, if you want it to be. You may also find it instructive to look at Latex. Latex is a writing and typesetting program that allows you to focus on the content of what you write rather than the formatting and it is used by many professional writers. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
