Re: Summary: Converting XyWrite to Word 97

[Philomena Hoopes <PHILA -at- MAIL -dot- VIPS -dot- COM>]

Lynn,

You can find the website of the company that purchased XYWrite at
www.tgrp.com. Theoretically, they still offer XYWrite support; whether that
extends to filters for Word97, I don't know (last I heard, their software
development policies were highly proprietary and anti-Microsoft).

Anyway, good luck.

Philomena Hoopes
Phila -at- vips -dot- com <mailto:Phila -at- vips -dot- com>
VIPS Healthcare Information Solutions, Inc.
(410) 832-8330 ext 845


                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Gottlieb, Lynn [mailto:Lynn -dot- Gottlieb -at- PSS -dot- BOEING -dot- COM]
                Sent:   Wednesday, February 17, 1999 4:51 PM
                To:     TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
                Subject:        Summary:  Converting XyWrite to Word 97

                Original post:

                > I need to add some new information to a 200 page document
that was written in XyWrite.  It hasn't been updated since 1985 (not a
typo).
                >
                > Does anyone know a painless way to convert this document
from XyWrite 3 to Word (I'm using Word 97)?  The archives didn't have
anything about XyWrite/Word conversions.
                >
                Potential Solutions:

                From Darren Barefoot-

                Well, certainly two options that I encountered in a brief
search (I had a
                similar conundrum with some early WordStar
files--fortunately Microsoft had
                a free plug-in utility on their site) are:

                http://www.acii.com/conv.htm


http://www.leo.org/pub/comp/os/dos/utils/textutils/view121.idx.html

                The second is, I think, a DOS-based freeware product. Good
luck. DB.

                *****
                From Geoff Lane-

                You could try the Word product support area on Microsoft's
web site to see
                if they have a suitable import filter.  Otherwise,
WordPerfect 7 can
                import/export XyWrite III Plus versions 3.55, 3.56, and 4.0.
You should be
                able to upgrade your copy of Word for about $69.

                *****
                From Lynn Perry-

                Seems like I remember XYWrite can be saved as text. That
certainly might be
                the easiest, given that may have to do a lot of cleanup
after the conversion
                anyway.

                If you have PageMaker, seems like I remember PageMaker had
an Import filter
                for XYWrite.

                As a last resort, you might just try opening the XYWrite
file using Word
                (using Open rather than double-click). The XYWrite format
may give you the
                text without too many garbagers.

                *****

                Thanks Folks!


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