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+02/14/95 --WW2TOLTX, WW6TOLTX, WW2LTXDE--
+========
+
+These programs convert certain sorts of documents created using Microsoft
+Word for Windows into LaTeX format. They are at the test and
+development stage, and I make no guarantees; nonetheless, I have found
+them quite useful and I hope that others may too.
+
+The motivation for writing them derives from (a) my enthusiasm for WinWord
+as a sophisticated editor -- I use it to write all my papers -- and (b)
+the fact that while WinWord itself can produce quite good-looking hard
+copy, LaTeX is definitely superior in this regard (plus .tex files are
+more portable than WinWord files). This converter is therefore an
+attempt to get the best of both worlds.
+
+This distribution is a revision of what was previously called
+WINW2LTX, which I developed using WinWord version 2.0. A somewhat
+improved version of this package now goes under the name WW2TOLTX,
+while a revised version that works properly with version 6.0 of
+WinWord is called WW6TOLTX. DO NOT try to use the old version of
+WINW2LTX with WinWord 6.0: the results are unpredictable.
+
+The WordBasic macros which constitute the heart of this package
+contain language-specific cues, which means that the original versions
+of the package work only with the English-language version of Word.
+However, Wilfried Hennings has taken the trouble to prepare German
+versions of the macros, so that users of the German version of Word
+can now use the package. Please read the file readmede.txt for
+details.
+
+The packages comprise the following files:
+
+WW2TOLTX: WW2TOLTX.DOC Documentation
+ WW2TOLTX.DOT Template containing conversion macros
+ SOCK2.DOC Blank doc based on WW2TOLTX.DOT
+ SAMPLE2.DOC Sample doc to illustrate conversion
+ LIST2.DOC Sample doc to show conversion of lists
+ README.TXT This file
+
+At the CTAN site-manager's discretion, these files may or may not be
+contained in a file named WW2TOLTX.ZIP.
+
+WW6TOLTX: WW6TOLTX.DOC Documentation
+ WW6TOLTX.DOT Template containing conversion macros
+ SOCK6.DOC Blank doc based on WW6TOLTX.DOT
+ SAMPLE6.DOC Sample doc to illustrate conversion
+ LIST6.DOC Sample doc to show conversion of lists
+ README.TXT This file
+
+Again, these files may or may not be bundled in WW6TOLTX.ZIP.
+
+
+Changes from WINW2LTX: Aside from fairly extensive re-writing for
+WW 6.0 compatibility in WW6TOLTX, the current versions incorporate
+several minor improvements over WINW2LTX. Some errors in the LaTeX
+codes for some of the special characters have been fixed (and a few
+more special character conversions added); the facility of converting
+WinWord bulleted and enumerated lists has been added; and there is
+an improved routine for preventing broken dashes and detached hyphens
+in the .tex file output... plus other small fixes too tedious
+to enumerate.
+
+Allin Cottrell
+Department of Economics
+Box 7505
+Wake Forest University
+Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA
+(910) 759-5762
+cottrell@wfu.edu
+
+========================== end of file ===============================