Re: Converting text to Word

[Bruce Sass <bsass@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>]

On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Paul Huygen wrote:

> Bruce Sass <bsass@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca> wrote:
> 
> > Is there a utility to convert a text file into the format used by MS's
> > Office 2000?
> 
> Yes. It is part af a software package called Office 2000, and it's
> sold by Microsoft. (Un)fortunately they have not ported it to
> Linux. So, there are two possibilities:
> 
> 1) You need the utility, because you intend to use Office 2000. In
>    that case you didn't ask your question on this list.
> 
> 2) You want to send a Word document to somebody who wants to process it
>    with Word. In that case, send her the plain ASCI text, and tell her
>    that she can import it in Word by clicking <import as> [text
>    files].

That's the one, (Un)fortunately he is rather inflexible (I mean, would
I want to work for a company like that?).

Thanks Paul.


- Bruce