OK, for text as output simply change the filename extension in the command I provided as follows: pandoc -i file.docx -o file.txt Works like a charm, imo. Karen Lewellen writes: > Hi Rudy, > My end goal is text, not html, sorry if my post was confusing. > Will check for docx2html though...appreciated to learn of the program. > Can anyone answer my pandoc question though, since I already know that > program is here? > Thanks, > Karen > > > > On Sun, 25 Feb 2024, Rudy Vener wrote: > > > Check if you have docx2txt installed, and if not, ask shellworld to install it. > > Once you have a document in text, you can convert it to html easily. > > > > Rudy > > > > On Sun, Feb 25, 2024 at 07:38:51PM -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > We have pandoc installed here at shellworld, with my using it most often to > > > convert epub files into html..then using lynx to make those text files. > > > I have a d. o. c. x. file however. > > > previously I would use basic gmail to convert these, but that door is closed > > > now. > > > Will pandoc change these into html? > > > Because the format if not actually a word . doc file, antiword will not > > > convert them. > > > Ideas? > > > Thanks, > > > Kare > > > > > > > -- > > Rudy Vener > > Website: http://www.rudyvener.com > > Check out my latest story: Downgrade, at https://www.scifishorts.co/authors/rudy-vener > > Need a Limerick Fix? Visit https://limerickdude.substack.com > > -- Janina Sajka (she/her/hers) Accessibility Consultant https://linkedin.com/in/jsajka The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Co-Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa Linux Foundation Fellow https://www.linuxfoundation.org/board-of-directors-2/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to blinux-list+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxx.