On 2006/12/23 21:43 (GMT+0100) Leendert Meyer apparently typed: > On Saturday 23 December 2006 21:22, Felix Miata wrote:
>> On 2006/12/23 21:13 (GMT+0100) Leendert Meyer apparently typed: >> > On Saturday 23 December 2006 21:00, Felix Miata wrote: >> >> Which app do we have to strip the glop from a M$ .doc file and >> >> output just the content to a plain text file? >> > Did you try opening the .doc with OO, and "Save As", choosing >> > "Text" or "Text Encoded"? >> From a 790k .doc file text gets me a 34 byte file and text encoded >> gets me a 62 byte file. > Woa! A compression ratio of roughly 10k:1. But I'll assume you take > that as a loss ratio and declared it a failure. > How about an indirect conversion, like to .html? It would not be that > difficult to strip the tags. Looks plenty difficult to me. The file size increased by about 40%. Both SeaMonkey and Konq fail to display anything legible when opening the result from disk. If I try to open the result in OO after closing it, It paints the first page, then nothing else other than pegging the CPU. > BTW, what do you mean with 'glop'? Something aking to 'goo'? Everything except the content, roughly 80% of the .doc file, 90%+ of the html file. -- "Let your conversation be always full of grace." Colossians 4:6 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
