Buddy, How much formatting is lost using the antiword utility? Does it support only the WORD formats? If no, what other formats does antiword support? Stephen Dawes B.A. B.Sc. Web Business Office, The City of Calgary PHONE: (403) 268-5527. FAX: (403) 268-6423 E-MAIL ADDRESS: sdawes at gov.calgary.ab.ca > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Buddy Brannan > Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 7:28 AM > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > Subject: Re: converting files to text > > > Couple of options here, Chuck. > > WV (formerly Wordview) has a utility that converts from Word to HTML. The > HTML is kinda messy though, but readable in Lynx. However, my fave util is > antiword, which dumps ASCII to stdout by default, but you can pipe through > more or redirect to a file if you like. It's small. It's fast. It even > works. If you can't find it on freshmeat, lemme know and I'll send you a > copy. > > -- > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV > Voice mail: 877-791-5298 > Email: davros at ycardz.com > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
