Re: OGO file conversion

Jay Uebel (jayu@dcca.net)
Thu, 03 Jul 1997 16:01:59 -0400

Looks like we are in the same boat! SINKING

At 08:17 PM 7/2/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Ed Smyth wrote:
>What if you can't get Clip&Go or the Connectivity pack? HP is not
>shipping these and I can't find either.
>
>Marc DeVinney wrote:
>>
>> If you've got the Clip&Go package, this is the best way to go. Set the
>> C&G to do clipboard sharing and then open the Notepad document that you
>> want to convert to PC format. Press F5 (Copyall) to place the entire
>> document into the Windows clipboard. Open MS Word (or other Windows word
>> processor) and paste the contents of the clipboard. All formatting is
>> preserved.
>>
>> Likewise, you can use C&G to transfer spreadsheets to the PC. Unlike the
>> Connectivity Pack, I found that the C&G was worth every penny I spent on
>> it.
>>
>> MED.
>>
>> Glen Wilson wrote:
>> >
>> > On Tue, 01 Jul 1997 11:25:31 -0400, you wrote:
>> >
>> > >Anybody know how to convert the OGO files to be used with PC apps like
>> > >ACCESS or Word?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > _WORD_
>> > I use the connectivity pack to backup my data then for bringing
>> > something into word I open the Notebook file on the Win95 machine
>> > using the connectivity pack, and just mark the text and copy it to the
>> > clip board, you loose the formatting this way but that isn't a big
>> > problem to me.
>> > The other was to do this without the connectivy pack would be to use
>> > OGEDIT as it saves files in text format, and then to copy it to your
>> > PC say using OMNICOM, once the file is on your PC you can open it in
>> > Word and do what ever you like.
>> >
>> > _ACCESS_
>> > This is a bit harder, once you have copied you database to the desktop
>> > PC (using Omnicom, ORC etc.) you can convert it to a comma delimited
>> > database file using GDBIO100. You can then import this into ACCESS or
>> > any other database.
>> >
>> > I hope this helps.
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>
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