Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 22:26:34 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> Cc: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Christian Barthel <test@nyx.user-mode.org> Subject: Re: extracting text from docx files Message-ID: <20110809212634.GB41041@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <CAJ5UdcNqxZwTjs33xdUXatWCN%2BSDP3EFkqb_MYeVTF34rvsmxg@mail.gmail.com> References: <20110809133632.GA37445@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20110809191610.GA6129@nyx.user-mode.org> <CAJ5UdcNqxZwTjs33xdUXatWCN%2BSDP3EFkqb_MYeVTF34rvsmxg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 02:57:51PM -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: > > But if you really, really need to read docx, you can try the web > > application from Microsoft. A few months ago, I got also a lot of docx > > and I opend it with the microsoft web app; this worked for me to extract > > the information... > > > > More information: > > http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/web-apps/ > > > > The downside: ?you have to sign up on a microsoft service :( > > > > Can also use libreoffice. It is in the ports system :) > > Without installing anything, Google Docs also opens *.docx files, if > needed. There are other options too, but it depends on what Anton > wants to install* or just view* & extract? Well.. I don't really want to install anything just to read docx. So probably something as small as possible. libreoffice (even if it's in ports, which I dearly love) looks like a monster of a package, so I'm not sure. Thanks anyway -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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