Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 18:40:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: Christian Barthel <test@nyx.user-mode.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> Subject: Re: extracting text from docx files Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108091837410.96284@tripel.monochrome.org> In-Reply-To: <20110809212634.GB41041@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20110809133632.GA37445@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20110809191610.GA6129@nyx.user-mode.org> <CAJ5UdcNqxZwTjs33xdUXatWCN%2BSDP3EFkqb_MYeVTF34rvsmxg@mail.gmail.com> <20110809212634.GB41041@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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On Tue, 9 Aug 2011, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 02:57:51PM -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: >>> But if you really, really need to read docx, you can try the web >>> application from Microsoft. A few months ago, I got also a lot of docx >>> and I opend it with the microsoft web app; this worked for me to extract >>> the information... >>> >>> More information: >>> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/web-apps/ >>> >>> The downside: ?you have to sign up on a microsoft service :( >>> >> >> Can also use libreoffice. It is in the ports system :) >> >> Without installing anything, Google Docs also opens *.docx files, if >> needed. There are other options too, but it depends on what Anton >> wants to install* or just view* & extract? > > Well.. I don't really want to install anything > just to read docx. So probably something as > small as possible. libreoffice (even if it's in ports, > which I dearly love) looks like a monster of > a package, so I'm not sure. Maybe an online service? If you don't have too many to convert at one time, and there's nothing secret in them, you could try http://www.doc2pdf.net/ - I've never used it, so caveat clicktor. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging </> ]
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