Re: DisplayWrite 4 Files

[Carl Chatfield <carlch -at- MICROSOFT -dot- COM>]

I can suggest an alternative strategy that might help you. The Office
Resource Kit (published by Microsoft Press) includes Word/DisplayWrite text
converters. You can convert your DisplayWrite (actually, RFT-DCA) files into
Word format, and then import those into Framemaker. You'll find the
DisplayWrite converters at:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/appa/appa.htm#CHappaH206
<http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/appa/appa.htm#CHappaH206>  then scroll
down to "Converter for DisplayWrite, MultiMate, and RFT­DCA."

This converter definitely works with Word 97 for Windows. I don't know if it
works with previous versions of Word.

Hope this helps,

Carl Chatfield
Documentation Manger, Microsoft Project
Microsoft Corporation

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   David Harrison [SMTP:david-x -dot- harrison -at- BAE -dot- CO -dot- UK]
        Sent:   Wednesday, January 28, 1998 12:25 AM
        To:     TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
        Subject:        DisplayWrite 4 Files

             Diplay Write 4 files!

             To those who may have seen this before, sorry. But to any that
have'nt
             it may be because I missed the all important "Subject" on my
first
             mail shot. Was that the reason that we received no replies?

             Anyway...
             Our department has been asked if any version of Framemaker can
handle
             Display-write-4 files without loss of format and styles. We
don't have
             experience with this and are wondering whether Framemaker is
the way
             to go.
             If the answer is a big no then can anyone suggest an
alternative DTP
             package that WILL do the job easily.

             Thank you

             David Harrison
             david-x -dot- harrison -at- bae -dot- co -dot- uk


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