On June 2, 2016, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Oh my goodness! Sorry, though I'm sure you've come to expect that my replies tend to border on novel-length, or at least doctoral dissertation length. (grins) > Well fortunately for me it was a simple matter of Ken the > administrator at shellworld to install unoconv Glad it was a simple process to get it installed. > I have no idea weather it was new or old ppt, I did not create the > thing. As mentioned elsewhere in the thread, it's simply a matter of checking the extension. If it's .ppt it's the old format. If it's .pptx (with the "x" at the end) then it's the new format. > once I found a rather terrific page on running the unoconv program > the process likely took me all of 2 minutes. Yeah, assembling the pieces the first time is always the hardest part. Once you know what needs to be done, you can roll it up in a macro/function/shell-script and invoke it under some more memorable name. > I love that I could have chosen a different format for the output, > but between pdftotext when the file is a baby hippopotamus as it > was in this case, I didn't know how you planned to read it. In some cases, the plain-text may be easiest. But if you have a good utility for navigating HTML documents (you seem to use lynx), it might provide you additional information such as headings or the ability to follow links. But having options is always good. > I truly honor the dedication of some, but speaking only for myself > having to do all those steps would keep me in another operating > system for sure...my professional deadlines alone require swift > solutions. There are some of us who do this sort of thing for fun, so when we're not under the gun of a deadline, we like to experiment to help others. But now that you know how to convert PowerPoint files into HTML or plain-text, you can just reference back to this email thread rather than try and recreate the steps required from scratch. And I have no idea how I'd get such things done within Dos or Windows. But with Linux, all the pieces are readily available (grins). -tim _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list