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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: jjans on May 13, 2004, 05:58:46 AM

Title: Office Documents shared with the Amiga
Post by: jjans on May 13, 2004, 05:58:46 AM

I recently installed Word Perfect on my a500/A530 WB2.1. I had it given to me ages ago, but never really gave it much thought, as I had Final Copy, and now usually use MS Office for Word processing, database, spreadsheet etc. I normal reserve the Amiga strictly for defending the galaxy from those rotten Ketars...

(Ahem) Excuse me, as I was saying, the kids like to hog the PC for their games, and sometimes I like to work on stuff from work at home, and I use the Amiga for simple Word Processing. I send the documents to my PC later via serial connection as simple ASCI text files for reformatting into Word and emailing to work.

I wished to try WP because it exports files to IBM WordPerfect 4.x. I discovered that MS Word 2000 only imports as early as WP 5.x and up.

So much for that idea, but I also discovered that WP leaves garbage on the screen from movements of the curser.

Is there an Amiga Word Processor that will import/export files in MS Word usable format?

I am also curious on compatible spreadsheets for Excel, and databases for Access.

I am only on WB 2.1.

Title: Re: Office Documents shared with the Amiga
Post by: Lo on May 13, 2004, 06:17:15 AM

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I am only on WB 2.1.

Well, there ya go, upgrade and support the community!
(Sorry, I have no specific answers aside from doing the (ASCII) route

Title: Re: Office Documents shared with the Amiga
Post by: Ilwrath on May 13, 2004, 06:48:42 AM

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Is there an Amiga Word Processor that will import/export files in MS Word usable format?

I think you're already using it.  Final Copy's RTF export has always worked reasonably well, for me.  It's not perfect.... Sometimes margins get hosed, or tabs come out a bit weird... But all the bold, italics, bullets, etc, are preserved.  It is a lot less editing than anything else I've tried.

Title: Re: Office Documents shared with the Amiga
Post by: Ilwrath on May 13, 2004, 06:56:02 AM

Whoops... I mean Final Writer.  It's late.  I should call it a day by now, I think.  haha!

Title: Re: Office Documents shared with the Amiga
Post by: jjans on May 13, 2004, 07:26:11 AM

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Ilwrath wrote:
Whoops... I mean Final Writer.  It's late.  I should call it a day by now, I think.  haha!

Final Writer eh? Thanks for the tip..

Title: Re: Office Documents shared with the Amiga
Post by: Pyromania on May 13, 2004, 07:26:34 AM

What about DocDatatypes?

http://go.to/docdatatypes

Title: Re: Office Documents shared with the Amiga
Post by: Pyromania on May 13, 2004, 07:30:48 AM

Also there is Word Convert

http://www.youngmonkey.ca/nose/articles/NewTekniques_9906/Conversions/

Title: Re: Office Documents shared with the Amiga
Post by: StevenJGore on May 13, 2004, 08:50:41 AM

Digita's Wordworth 7 will save to WordPerfect 5.1 format and RTF format for easy exporting to Word on the PC.

Quoted from the Wordworth 7 review (http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/aminet/docs/rview/Wordworth7.txt) on Aminet:

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Wordworth saves in its own IFF format WTXT and can also save in ASCII, WordPerfect 5.1, RTF, Template or the older Wordworth 3 format. It cannot save in MS Word format due to Microsoft's insistance on keeping the Word format to itself and changing the format everytime a new version appears.

Not sure about earlier versions of Wordworth though.

Steve.