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<p>Summary information for LegacyFileConverter</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox tool<br /> |purpose=Converts document formats to RTF<br /> |homepage=http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/legacyfileconverter.html<br /> |license=Unknown but wrapper created by E.Mendelson at Columbia.edu (2020)<br /> |cost=Free<br /> |platforms=Windows<br /> |formats_in=Word, WordPerfect, Excel<br /> |formats_out=RTF<br /> |function=File Format Migration<br /> |content=Document<br /> }}<br /> {{Infobox tool details}}<br /> == Description ==<br /> <br /> LegacyFileConverter is a 32-bit Windows application that make it easy to run the old Word for Word file converters in modern Windows systems. It uses the 1995-era Word for Word for DOS program, briefly released by Adobe in its Adobe File Utilities package, now packaged in a compiled AutoIt script. The package only converts files in formats in use before 1995; do not try to use it with modern formats like DOCX, ODT, Word 2007, etc.<br /> <br /> The utility was first released in its current form in May 2020.<br /> <br /> == User Experiences ==<br /> <br /> Currently no documented user experiences of this utility.</div>

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