open MS Word files

James Cass cassj at earthlink.net
Sun Jun 8 13:51:01 EDT 2003


On Sunday, June 8, 2003, at 02:21  PM, Jan Schenkel wrote:

> --- sims <sims at ezpzapps.com> wrote:
>> 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
>> -- 
>
>
> Hi Sims,
>
> Too bad you're on a PC, or this wouldn't have been too
> hard to implement using AppleScript. On Windows, you
> may have a shot at it using Dynamic Data Exchange
> (DDE) calls.
> Even though DDE isn't supported directly in RunRev,
> there's the Externals Collection :
> http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/external.htm
> You can use Google to find a group where you can ask
> for more info on MS Word DDE calls.
>
> Hope this helped,
>
> Jan Schenkel.
>
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This looks pretty promising:    http://wvware.sourceforge.net/
Hope this helps...Cassj




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