Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 17:48:58 +0100 (CET) From: Haavard Vaagstoel <havardjv@gudmund.vgs.no> To: ML Duke <mlduke@concentric.net> Cc: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vi & word documents Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9812161747120.176-100000@gealach.myst.no> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9812151652320.481-100000@concentric.net>
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On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, ML Duke wrote: > Just had a little experience some others might be interested in. > Received a word 97 file from a client. StarOffice would no open it > in any form. Tried editing it with ee, with an eye to edit out the > garbage (a _whole lot_ of it) & print the 1.5 pages of useful data. > The file defied being edited in ee. > Enter vi. Using the "de" command=delete to end of word, the garbage > preceeding the good text vanished very quickly, then "dd" quickly > eliminated the garbage following the good text. Of course, it's possible to do it like that, but there also exist programs that will convert a Word .doc file to text. 'catdoc' is one such program, though at the moment I cannot remember if it can convert w97 files or only w95 and below. -- Haavard Vaagstoel <havardjv@gudmund.vgs.no> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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