Re: tlug: msword files

[Tony Laszlo <laszlo@example.com>]

On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Havard Bell wrote:

> If you don't need the formatting, try:
> 
> 	[me@example.com home]$ strings your_doc.doc
>

Though I think the other ways probably 
have their merits, this one is simple 
and swift. 'course, "strings xxx.doc > xx.txt" 
will give you an ascii text file with just 
a couple of funky symbols in it, so this is 
a very easy way of converting, as well as 
viewing.  

Thanks a bunch! 

 

 

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