in reply to Re: MSWORD TO TEXT
in thread MSWORD TO TEXT

Unfortunately it seems to require Perl 4, and only supports up to Word 7. There is a repository of file format details at www.wotsit.org and from there I once upon a time found my way to an in progress open source windows document converter. But I didn't stay long...

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Re: Re: Re: MSWORD TO TEXT
by ChOas (Curate) on Jan 31, 2001 at 16:59 UTC
    Hey!
    Completely right, but it also mentions its successor OLE::Storage
    (available at your local CPAN), which uses Perl5, and does more...

    GreetZ!,
      ChOas

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