Jim,
get shell("textutil -convert rtf" && quote & "path/to/file.docx" & quote)
This will produce a file path/to/file.rtf, which you can read with LiveCode.
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On 9 jun 2011, at 16:03, James Hurley wrote:
> If one copies a Word document from within Word and pastes that copy into a LC
> field, much of the formatting is retained.
>
> Not so if one just uses: get url "file:" & tFileName
>
> Is there a way, within LC, to obtain the copy and paste formatting, perhaps
> with an imbedded AppleScript?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
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