Hi,
I am trying to achieve the following through my perl script:
Open a word(.doc) file and read it .After reading it retrieve the image contents that the word file contained .
My script so far reads the text contents from the word file .However I am unable to get the image part or read it .
My basic aim is to convert word to html. But I am stuck on image part if any contained in the word file.
I can't use Win32::OLE module since I am running my perl script on Linux machine .
I made a search but just can't get my answer desired over google and over here.
Can anyone suggest on how I can read the word file and convert it to html using a perl script
Please don't give links to already made software but some hints on how my task can be achieved
Thankyou !!!!!!

In reply to Perl to read word(.doc) file by Anonymous Monk

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