> John Joseph Bachir wrote: >> On Apr 1, 2007, at 5:37 AM, Andreas Korth wrote: >>> I'm sure there's some tool available which converts PPT to plain >>> text >>> and I strongly recommend you go out and find it. >> >> I've searched far and wide and have found none.
On Apr 1, 2007, at 12:47 PM, Florian Gilcher wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > Catdoc and Antiword for example. Simple shell commands to extract text > from files. > > http://www.45.free.net/~vitus/software/catdoc/ > http://www.winfield.demon.nl/ > > Antiword has better windows support, but as far as I know doesn't > support .ppt as well as catdoc. I'm no expert though, just used it > once > or twice at the university. If you use them, I would be interested in > feedback on how well it works. > Wow, I had never come across catdoc and its siblings, and believe me, I've searched far and wide. THANK YOU. btw-- I'm pretty sure antiword does not work on powerpoint: $ antiword powerpoint.ppt This OLE file does not contain a Word document John _______________________________________________ Ferret-talk mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ferret-talk
