Does anyone know of any way to open or translate a MacWrite document?

I just upgraded to MacLink Deluxe 15 because it appeared my MLD 14 wasn't
working, only to discover that they had removed MacWrite support eons ago.

Any suggestions anyone?

-- Verne

Verne Arase <VerneA@pobox.com> wrote:

> Does anyone know of any way to open or translate a MacWrite document?

Any program that uses the XTND / Claris translators will have a MacWrite
translator. If you have old MacWrite documents, you may well have such a
program lying around. m.

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Verne Arase <VerneA@pobox.com> wrote:

> Does anyone know of any way to open or translate a MacWrite document?
>
> I just upgraded to MacLink Deluxe 15 because it appeared my MLD 14 wasn't
> working, only to discover that they had removed MacWrite support eons ago.
>
> Any suggestions anyone?
>
> -- Verne

version 14 supports mwii and mw pro translations. is that what you need
or original mw?
--
Peter McCallum
Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 22:04:04 -0600, Peter McCallum wrote
(in article <1gp3dhb.7w0bnxtk97w2N%p5m8.REMOVETHIS******.com.a u>):

> Verne Arase <VerneA@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know of any way to open or translate a MacWrite document?
>>
>> I just upgraded to MacLink Deluxe 15 because it appeared my MLD 14 wasn't
>> working, only to discover that they had removed MacWrite support eons ago.
>>
>> Any suggestions anyone?
>>
>> -- Verne
>
> version 14 supports mwii and mw pro translations. is that what you need
> or original mw?
>

The original MacWrite (unfortunately).

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:53:33 -0600, matt neuburg wrote
(in article <1gp1l1h.19ys2mn1wly2e6N%matt@tidbits.com>):

> Any program that uses the XTND / Claris translators will have a MacWrite
> translator. If you have old MacWrite documents, you may well have such a
> program lying around. m.

Do you know the system in which that was available?

I have MS Word 5.1 disks (which could do it as I recall), but nothing to read
800K floppies <sigh>.

In a pinch, I've copied the document into Eudora, then sent it to
myself. Opened it, copied to Clipboard, then into current word
processor. Only works with text material.

Also, we use icWord and icExcel to open.

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MacWrite II still works in Classic.