On Saturday 23 December 2006 13:21, James Knott wrote: > Felix Miata wrote: > > Which app do we have to strip the glop from a M$ .doc file and output > > just the content to a plain text file? OO print to file doesn't seem to > > understand anything but postscript. Do I need to "install" a "text > > printer"? > > > > TIA > > Why not just save it as a text (.txt) file???
I used to use a Linux utility called 'antiword' to read MSWord .doc files and produce plain text that could be indexed with a utility called glimpse. As I recall it did a pretty good job of preserving the formatting--as much as is possible with ascii text--and it certainly removed the 'glop'. Jim Cunning -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]