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Subject:Re: Importing Word 6.0 file ... From:"Dan S. Azlin" <dazlin -at- SHORE -dot- NET> Date:Fri, 25 Aug 1995 23:57:14 -0400
Output the file from Word 6.o in RTF format. It should import into Frame
with no problems as RTF is a "universal" format. This has worked for me.
On Mon, 31 Jul 1995, Joe
Fockler wrote:
> Does anyone know of a way to import a Word 6.0 file into FrameMaker 4? I
> have Frame 4 for UNIX and Frame 4.02 (windoze) versions. The UNIX version
> does not include the filter pack and the Windows version Word 2.0 filter
> did not work -- even after saving the Word 6.0 file as a Word 2.0 file.
> I obtained the Word 6 (Windows) filter from Frame's ftp site, but I'm not
> sure if I can get it to work with Frame 4.02. Does anyone know how to
> make this work?
> Is there a list out there that I can seek advice from?
> AdvThanksance ("Thanks" in Advance).
> Joe
> Joe Fockler "Success is when those who know you best
> Interphase Corporation love you the most."
> Dallas, Texas 75234
> -- unknown
> jfockler -at- iphase -dot- com
> "Great works are performed not by strength
> but by perseverance."
> -- Samuel Johnson
> "Success is going from failure to failure
> without loss of enthusiasm."
> -- Winston Churchill
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