Re: [PHP] converting Word documents to something sensible

2001-06-24 Thread Duncan Hill
On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, Phil Driscoll wrote: > determined to translate them to something sensible (html, rtf or pdf > will do) at the server. The server is a Linux box so there's no > opportunity to play any tricks with COM. > > Has anyone come across any tools to do this, using php or otherwise?

Re: [PHP] converting Word documents to something sensible

2001-06-24 Thread Phil Driscoll
On Sunday 24 June 2001 15:06, Duncan Hill wrote: > Google reveals > http://www.logictran.com/ They seem to have an RTF to html utility which will run on multiple platforms, but the thing that converts word documents directly requires a copy of Word on the server :-( Cheers -- Phil Driscoll -

Re: [PHP] converting Word documents to something sensible

2001-06-24 Thread Justin Farnsworth
Try the latest AbiWord... Phil Driscoll wrote: > > I have to build a web site for a local government education authority in the > UK which will allow them to make available a large range of documents to > schools. They INSIST on submitting documents in Word format. I think it is > immoral to m

Re: [PHP] converting Word documents to something sensible

2001-06-24 Thread Phil Driscoll
On Sunday 24 June 2001 16:32, Justin Farnsworth wrote: > Try the latest AbiWord... I've just installed it, but I can't find any obvious way to invoke it at the command line to load a Word file and save out html or rtf. Am I missing something? Also, when I tested the software via its gui and load

Re: [PHP] converting Word documents to something sensible

2001-06-24 Thread Zak Greant
ot; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "php general" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 11:39 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] converting Word documents to something sensible > On Sunday 24 June 2001 16:32, Justin Farnsworth wrote: > > Try the latest AbiWord... > I've ju

Re: [PHP] converting Word documents to something sensible

2001-06-24 Thread Justin Farnsworth
Well, this doesn't really surprise me too much. We are a linux shop on the backend and AbiWord reads just fine Word files from all the Windows machines, running Windows 2000. However, AbiWord chokes on a Word document from our local Macs, for reasons that I don't know, and I am not too intereste

Re: [PHP] converting Word documents to something sensible

2001-06-24 Thread Clayton Dukes
http://www.gdd.net - Original Message - From: "Zak Greant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Justin Farnsworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "php general" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 1:42 PM Subject: Re: [PHP]

RE: [PHP] converting Word documents to something sensible

2001-06-24 Thread Andrew Kirilenko
Hello! Try to use StarOffice. Seems, it's possible to make automatic conversion from word.DOC into something more suitable. Or, you can use PDF printer (standard adobe tool), but only under windows. Best regards, Andrew Kirilenko, Senior Programmer / System Administrator, Internet Service.

Re: [PHP] converting Word documents to something sensible

2001-06-24 Thread Miles Thompson
Try www.htdig.org, and look in the contributed software directory. There is a script there which "disassembles" various documents into html so that htdig can index them. I believe it is doc2html.pl, but "doc" embraces various forms of documents. Miels At 03:25 PM 6/24/01 +0100, Phil Driscoll

Re: [PHP] converting Word documents to something sensible

2001-06-24 Thread Adam Huffman
On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, Phil Driscoll wrote: > On Sunday 24 June 2001 16:32, Justin Farnsworth wrote: > > Try the latest AbiWord... > I've just installed it, but I can't find any obvious way to invoke it at the > command line to load a Word file and save out html or rtf. Am I missing > something?

Re: [PHP] converting Word documents to something sensible

2001-06-25 Thread Wolfgang Ebneter
How about staroffice ? It reads *.doc files and you can save them as *.rtf files. > > Phil Driscoll wrote: > > I have to build a web site for a local government education authority in > > the UK which will allow them to make available a large range of documents > > to schools. They INSIST on subm

Re: [PHP] converting Word documents to something sensible

2001-06-25 Thread Phil Driscoll
Thanks to all who replied. I've downloaded all the likely candidates and will have a play with them and report back. So far I've had very good results with wvHtml which has coped admirably with all the word docs I have to hand. If anyone else has already evaluated any of the converters I (and