converting WP-WORD

[Yurij.Lotoshko]

word '97 is very speasial think
and we also have problems with decoding from one type to another
espesialy if you have standart (not costam) instalation


> oT: Yoshimasa Tsuji <yamato at yt.cache.waseda.ac.jp>
> kOMU: SEELANGS at CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
> tEMA: Re: converting WP-WORD
> dATA: 16 I at LQ 1998 G. 15:22
>
> Someone wrote
>   |using such metod yuo can losed tables, bolg type and so on
>   |better use word6.0 word7.0
>   |save as rtf- file and load in Word 97
>
> MS Word can usually read WP5.1 files and output the usual *.doc
> files that can be understood by the latest MS Word. But that does
> not make sense at all because the original inquirer appears to own
> an American WordPerfect5.1 with the Cyrillic Kit appended and
> an American MS Word7.0  with a capability to read/write in Cyrillic.
> If he had had the right software (i.e. any native Russian word
processor),
> he couldn't possibly have needed assistance.
>
> You don't need to worry about rules and emphasis because they are
> not essential information. It is better to convert to the current
> MS Word right away rather than worrying about how to obtain software
> from Russia.
>
> Corrigendum: I cannot use my WP5.1 now because I have packed up
> all the PC things as I am moving to a new building soon.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Tsuji
>
> -------------
> P.S.
> There may be many people with similar needs since WordPerfect was
> arguably the best word processing software for the Russian language
> up to 1993.