Excellence.doc to WP ?
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My wife has spent untold hours writing a set of Science Fiction
stories that some day we want to try and publish. I'm sure you see
the question comming, that any publisher will say "Excellence
WHAT!!!!!". I know that we could export the files as ASCCI and then
import them to Word Perfect. But all the formatting would be gone,
and this would require her to go thru about 4.5 meg of files and
reformat, more then I think she should have to do. So Is there any one
out there who knows of a way to do this, and keep the formatting
intact. I have been told that Micro-Systems Software is
out-of-business ?, and WP told me they have stopped supporting WP on
the Amiga completly. So we would like to export, or translate, to a
WP format on the Amiga, use Cross-Dos to get it to MS-Dos, and then
use WP6.0 to put the files on disk to give the publisher. Many Thanks
in Advance Ron Sudweeks
Ronald –
This is somewhat off the subject of format translation, but do you have
the MSS requirements of the publisher you're considering? I ask because
the couple of times I've checked into it about the only formatting they've
wanted is one-side-only with double-spaced lines. Any indication of
italics, bold, etc. was to be noted in pencil in the margins if at all.
Things might have changed since then but I thought I'd bring it up
anyway.
I've owned neither Excellence nor WP, but as they're both somewhat old
programs perhaps WP was (is) able to import Excellence format – if so, you
could ask around for a cheap used copy and do that. WP(Amiga) is WP(MSDOS)
4.1 compatible, I believe, and WP 6.0 should be able to import those
files.
Harry
Thanks for the reply, I was led-to-believ that I could have my wife send the
document on disk as a WP6.0 file, you are indicating that they want it in
printed form, one sided, double spaced……ect.ect. Maby I have been
missinformed as to the way they want it. I do further checking. I do own WP 4.1
for the Amiga, and No it won't import Excellence. But Thanks anyway Ron
Sudweeks
I can sympathize with your wife. I recently wrote a book on greenhouse
gardening (Greenhouse Gardening Companion, pub by Fulcrum) and I wrote it on
excellence! My publisher told me not to worry that they would handle the
translation to their microsoft word. It was a disaster! I had to go over the
whole book to find all kinds of little sneaky mistakes where a single letter
would be wrong, or a whole word would be missing. My advice, don't let the
publisher do your transfer- do it yourself or have it under your control! I
have never tried cross dos, but using an older version of WP for amiga might be
worth pursuing. For future writing I have added an AMAX board to my amiga and
intend to use WP right on my amiga. I love science fiction and would love to
see your wife' s finished product. Best of luck! Shane Smith- on the high
plains of Wyoming
Thanks for the reply, I seem to be comming up with a "No Way" as far as a
utility to take a Excellence file and automatically translate it to MS-Dos WP
6.0 readable file format, (using Cross-Doss to do the platform changing) But
Thanks anyway Ron Sudweeks
Some publishers can handle PageStream format although the translation from
Excellence! to PageStream can lose some formatting or alternatively how
about -> ASCI -> TEX?
regards, Lu on AutoPilot downunder
From the replies I'm getting, it seems that there may not be a suitable way to
do this. I'm afraid the Amiga is comming up short in this area. Darn! Thanks
again Ron Sudweeks