T&B Convert is an online service that converts files from a variety of PC/Mac productivity applications into AppleWorks or other Mac application formatted documents.

For example, if you have an archive of MS Word or Excel 97/98 documents that you want converted to AppleWorks, Or MacDraw or ClarisDraw documents that you just want converted to PICT, you ou can submit them to T&B Convert to be automatically converted and returned to you, usually within a few minutes. T&B says that worst case is about 20 hours with particularly obscure formats.

T&B can convert to:

- SuperPaint 3.5
- PICT
- AppleWorks 5
- Word 98
- WordPerfect 3.5
- Excel 98
And others

The T&B Convert service is fee based. Rates for file conversion are: $15 per batch + $1 per MB. A batch is defined as any number of emails and files sent prior to or with payment details. Conversion will not be done until payment is received.

For example if you email T&B 20 compressed files in 4 separate emails, totaling 8 MB, the conversion cost to you would be $23 ($15 + $8).There are no extra costs for returning the converted files to you via email.

Currency is Australian dollars for Australian customers, or US dollars for all other countries.

Payment by Mastercard, Bank Card or VISA. Please supply the credit card type, name on the card, expiry date and number via email. If you prefer, you can fax payment details to:

Australia: +61 2 4344 5833

USA: 1 661 420 7305

You may also mail\ files to T&B for conversion. For filesdelivered on disk (eg: CD, Jaz or floppy), the fee structure is $9 per disk + $0.40 per uncompressed MB. Converted files will be emailed back to you at no extra cost (T&B keeps the original media) or posted for an additional cost.

T&B very ethically notes that you may be able to convert your own documents without using their service. Some possible alternatives are:

1. Purchase Dataviz MacLinkPlus to convert between AppleWorks and Microsoft Office documents and others. It does not handle ClarisDraw and MacDraw documents.

2. If you can convert one document at a time by opening and saving "as" another format, then you could use an AppleScript to process a batch of files all at once. For example, some AppleWorks file scripts automate the process of converting to and from AppleWorks documents. Your program must be able to read or write the foreign format.

3. If you do not have a translator, but have the original program, you could save as an intermediate format (such as PICT, SYLK, RTF or TEXT) that could then be opened by your new application. This may be laborious for a batch of files.

4. Similar to the previous method, you could copy and paste the contents of the old document into a new document.

For more information, visit:

http://www.tandb.com.au/convert/

Charles W. Moore

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February 08, 2012