converting files to text

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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
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