open MS Word files

Ken Ray kray at sonsothunder.com
Sun Jun 8 14:40:01 EDT 2003


It could be done by having Rev talk to another app that was developed
using Office Automation capabilities (like Rev talking to a VB app that
controls Word through automation). Contact me offline if you'd like more
help on doing this...

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ 

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> Subject: open MS Word files
> 
> 
> I want to open MS Word files and save the text for use in a 
> Rev app. If I open a MS Word doc I have the gibberish chars 
> to deal with.
> 
> Is there any way to grab the text from a MS Word file without 
> the gibberish?
> 
> Is there a way (with a PC) to have MS Word open a doc and 
> then save it as a text file but have it all done in the 
> background...not require the user to do this but have it done 
> with a Rev app?
> 
> The text formatting is not crucial as these files will be 
> used in an app for the blind and read with the speech capability.
> 
> tia
> 
> sims
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