Microsoft word can save files in several formats, dot as a template, doc as a document, rtf ???, PDF, to name a few. If it opens with less, you might try redirecting less to a file. You might try filtering it with dos2unix first then open with OOWriter. Be careful to save your original. I generally create a directory, copy the file into it, then cd to that directory to work on the file (saves unintended consequences of a bad click or key stumble). There are various filters available on the net. If you open it with a hex editor, there may be information in the file header that tells how it was saved or gives some clue to how to open it. Regards, Les H On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 12:02 -0700, Dave Stevens wrote: > Hi, > > I have a MS Word file from several years ago that I want to look at. I can not > open it with OpenOffice Writer, Abiword, gedit. All give a message that > indicates there is something wrong with the file format - character encoding, > damaged file etc. But when I use less to view the contents I get an initial > warning that the file may be binary (fair enough, it is) then it shows me the > content I more or less expected, though horribly unformatted and hard to > read. > > It is all text that I want, no figures or graphics. As far as I know I could > cut and paste from less, or use a hex editor, but that is horribly tedious > for 35 pages or so of text. Anyone have a suggestion? > > dave > ps - F7 up to date > > -- > In modern fantasy (literary or governmental), killing people is the usual > solution to the so-called war between good and evil. My books are not > conceived in terms of such a war, and offer no simple answers to simplistic > questions. > > -- Ursula K. LeGuin > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
