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MacWrite5 and MacPro converters to Word???
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Toccatexx
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Nov 12, 2003, 05:19 PM
 
Hello
Il helping some friends update their macs. info on an old performa, will be removed via Floppy and put on new powerbooks/imacs.

Office X recognizes and updates old excel and word files, but not MacWrite 5 and Mac (write?)pro.

any ideas? could it be that on this system the "value pack" that comes with office was not put on and hopefully in there are some traslators?

help much appreciated.

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bbales
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Nov 12, 2003, 08:29 PM
 
Check the Microsoft web site. Also -- anyone own Dataviz's MacLinkPlus? That would undoubtedly translate them.

and finally -- can you open the files in their existing form and then translate them to an early Word version, that Office X WOULD recognize?

By the way, I still ahve MacWrite II files. And believe it or not, I also still have the program (it's only 11 or 12 years old...) -- every once in a while, it launches when I open an old file. I keep telling myself i really do need to translate them before it takes out my whole computer someday.

These are random thoughts on the situation -- someone else might have a much better idea.
     
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Nov 12, 2003, 08:52 PM
 
MacLink does a fantastic job of it. I most heartedly recommend it.

It is, however, a tad expensive.
     
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Nov 12, 2003, 10:51 PM
 
Depending on what the MacWrite II format is like, you may just be able to open it with TextEdit, find the text, copy it out, and throw away the formatting junk.

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