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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: M$ Word filter?
From:       Keith Antoine <kantoine () eastwind ! com ! au>
Date:       1999-11-25 21:24:45
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Wilke Havinga wrote:
> 
> Hello guys,
> 
> I was just wondering whether there already exists a MS-Word97->KWord
> converter. Is someone working on this, or has someone been working on it?
> 
> KWord really kicks ass, but for many people (e.g. me) it would be no use
> if it can't read MS docs.
> 
> So, I'd like to know if someone is working on it, maybe I can help. I've
> already got the specs of the MS Word-format, does something like that
> exist for KWord?
> 
> There already exists a MSWord->HTML converter (mswordview, see
> http://www.csn.ul.ie/~caolan/docs/MSWordView.html), maybe it can
> be edited to write KWord-files? It is GPL'ed at least, a good starting
> point :-)

All the koffice stuff is ALPHA and no way is it finished, I am led to
believe from their list that the kword will read word docs, when its
released

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Regards
Keith

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