Hi Daniel,

I don't see how this will be possible.  A program can't make semantically
appropriate decisions for mapping prose to EAD tags.  You'll just have to go
with the copy-paste method in something like oXygen.

Ethan Gruber

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Cornwall, Daniel D (EED) <
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> Hi All,
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> While I think what I'm looking for doesn't exist, I wanted to ask some
> experts before making confident assertions.
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> Our institution has a lot of finding aids for photo and manuscript
> collections in MS Word Format. They have pretty standard subheadings. An
> example can be found at
> www.library.state.ak.us/hist/hist_docs/finding_aids/MS220.doc
> <http://www.library.state.ak.us/hist/hist_docs/finding_aids/MS220.doc> .
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> I've had inquiries about getting these Word finding aids converted to
> EAD (Encoded Archival Description) through some sort of converter. I
> haven't been able to locate any such program, but maybe that's a
> reflection on my searching skills.
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> There are a number of programs to create EAD finding aids from scratch
> and I've recommended acquiring one of these programs and getting staff
> to rekey/copy & paste from Word into the EAD finding aid program. Staff
> are not willing to do this at least until I can demonstrate that there
> is no automated way to convert our finding aids. Of course, if there is
> a converter, so much the better.
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> Thanks in advance for any enlightenment you can give me. - Daniel
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