Thanks, Vic - I got "antiword" and it seems to be just what I wanted. Thanks. On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Victor Tsaran wrote: > Chuck, there are several such utilities. I annot remember the name because I > am at work, just it escapes my mind. Go to freshmeat.net and search either for > "word" or "ms-word", that is how I found these programs. > Best, > Vic > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charles Hallenbeck" <chuckh at mhonline.net> > To: "Speakup Distribution List" <speakup at speech.braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 9:32 AM > Subject: converting files to text > > > | I recently discovered the utility "ps2ascii" which extracts text from > | postscript files and also from pdf files. Now what I wish I could discover > | is a similar utility to deal with MS Word files. I am curious to know what > | some of you "Linux Only" users do when you get files attached as MSWord > | documents? > | Chuck > | > | > | My web site is http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > | "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk Bone underwear." > | > | > | _______________________________________________ > | Speakup mailing list > | Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > | http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > My web site is http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk Bone underwear."
