[Hidden-tech] * * * Need to transfer files from Professional Write to Microsoft Word * * *

[Michael Muller]

I also use Textpad in situations like this where the original editor is 
not available. Textpad can open anything, and has great macro options to 
help clean up any files.

Mik

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On 9/11/2020 4:38 PM, Shel Horowitz via Hidden-discuss wrote:
> It sounds like the first issue you're having is being able to read the 
> disks. Have you tried them on your friend's external floppy? They have 
> to be in a format where the computer can recognize the information. As 
> an example, the 3.5 floppies of early Macs, PCs, and the external 
> drive I had for my long-ago Tandy 100 were not cross compatible.
>
> Once you find a machine that can read the disks (assuming they are 
> actually still good), here are three things can try:
>
>  1. Install the Professional Write program and see if you can export
>     text or RTF files
>  2. Use Word's Open Any File option and expect to see the raw text
>     surrounded top and bottom by some code garbage you can get rid of
>  3. Get a copy of Nisus Writer, a Mac word processing program that has
>     extremely powerful macro and file conversion capabilities. I
>     believe Nisus is still in business and no longer charging for the
>     product. See if it will open the files.
>
> Good luck!
>
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> On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 12:59 PM Deborah Chandler via Hidden-discuss 
> <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net 
> <mailto:hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>> wrote:
>
>     Hi folks,
>
>
>     A colleague needs some files transferred. Here’s what he says:
>
>
>         /“The 3 1/2 in floppy disks have data from all my Speeches and
>         Reports. They were written on an IBM computer of 80's and 90's
>         vintage where data storage on the Hard Drive was different.  I
>         have not been able to read the disks, my computer telling me
>         they are corrupt. This is not so.  They are written in
>         Professional Write and need be converted into Microsoft Word.”/
>
>
>     He also has the original install (floppy) disks for Professional
>     Write as well as an external floppy disk drive with USB connection.
>
>
>     Does someone have the equipment/software needed to do such a
>     transfer, or do you have leads to someone who could? I did a quick
>     online search to find FileMerlin can do such a transfer from
>     Professional Write to MS Word, (See
>     http://www.file-convert.com/flmn.htm) but I don’t know yet whether
>     one would still need an older computer in order to even open the
>     original files. (and anyone who has known me for a while, knows I
>     am a Mac user and not so tech savvy; so I am the liaison here,
>     just wanting to help a friend in need.)
>
>
>     The floppies are currently in the Boston area; depending on where
>     help is offered, I can facilitate the delivery within a reasonable
>     driving distance.
>
>
>     Thanks in advance,
>
>     Deb
>
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