Hi Amy,

You might want to see if you can open them in LibreOffice Writer, which has
CLI tools. You might be able to do something like this to convert them in
bulk:

lowriter --convert-to docx *.9*


Best,


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On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 12:39 PM Amy Schuler <
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> Thanks  Erich and Cary.
> Actually, I am able to open all of these files in MS Word.  What I'd like
> to do (and maybe "convert" was the wrong  word), is ...generate(?) .docx of
> each of these files with .96, .94 file extensions.  In bulk if possible,
> but sounds like that is unlikely.
> a
>
> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 3:26 PM Amy Schuler <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > hi all,
> > I have a bazillion data files in Quattro Pro -and- what I had thought was
> > WordPerfect, but actually they are "Corel Ventura 96 x 96 display font
> > files" with the .96 file extension and others of similar type (.88, .94,
> > etc).  I was planning to use a handy tool to bulk convert all of those
> > files from WP to .DOCX, but since they are not WP files that tool doesn't
> > work.  I don't see a similar bulk conversion tool for this display font
> > file type.  If you know of any tools to do this, I'd love to hear about
> > them.
> > Thanks!
> > Amy
> >
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> >
> > Amy C. Schuler (she/her)
> > Director, Information Services & Library
> >
> > Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies | 2801 Sharon Turnpike | Millbrook,
> NY
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> >
>
>
> --
>
> Amy C. Schuler (she/her)
> Director, Information Services & Library
>
> Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies | 2801 Sharon Turnpike | Millbrook, NY
> www.caryinstitute.org
>