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From: John Gordon <gordon@panix.com>
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Subject: Re: Word Perfect integration
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:51:05 +0000 (UTC)
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In <mailman.177.1313685870.27778.python-list@python.org> Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> writes:

> I have WordPerfect v13 which we are currently using for letter merges. 
> I would like to automate this with Python instead of learning the WP 
> Macro language.

I suspect that learning how to integrate python with wordperfect will
end up being much more work than learning wordperfect macros.

Just my two cents.

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