Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!faline!thumper!ulysses!andante!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!tektronix!reed!lclark!reeck From: reeck@lclark.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard Subject: Importing text : was -> Re: Various: CD-ROM, Color, File Formats, Sound Summary: Importing text files saved with word Message-ID: <284@lclark.UUCP> Date: 11 Aug 88 05:02:09 GMT References: <1270@hodge.UUCP> <15245@apple.Apple.COM> Reply-To: reeck@lclark.UUCP (David Reeck) Organization: Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR Lines: 17 In article <15245@apple.Apple.COM> dan@apple.apple.com.UUCP (Dan Allen) writes: >In article <1270@hodge.UUCP> bmenell@pnet06.cts.com (Bryan Menell) writes: >>>filter a Word file as I read it into a card field. >> >Port Authority only imports text files. It does not do any stripping of >formats found in Word files. The solution is to save Word documents as >Text Only, and then there are many scripts that use the built-in >HyperTalk primitives to import text. > >Dan Allen >Apple Computer I am working on a program that allows a use to type in questions in a pre-selected (my selection ;-) ) format from word (saved as text files). can gladly send you just the reader, or the reader + the scanner (ha) I use to seperate the textfile into different questions. It uses repeat read until X and a "offset" XFNT (sp?) ...