Re: Converting text to Word

[Matthew Dalton <matthewd@research.canon.com.au>]

Bruce Sass wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Paul Huygen wrote:
> > 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?).


There is another option: create the plain text file, but give it's
filename a *.doc extension. It will show up in windows explorer with a
Word icon, and will open without having to click 'import as'.

Matthew