From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 9 21:27:30 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A416106564A for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2011 21:27:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirg.bris.ac.uk (dirg.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30FC48FC08 for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2011 21:27:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ncsc.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.41]) by dirg.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QqtpM-0002Uw-Ig; Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:27:18 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by ncsc.bris.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Qqtop-0006q3-1N; Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:26:35 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p79LQY5I041077; Tue, 9 Aug 2011 22:26:34 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p79LQYst041076; Tue, 9 Aug 2011 22:26:34 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 22:26:34 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Antonio Olivares Message-ID: <20110809212634.GB41041@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Antonio Olivares , Christian Barthel , Anton Shterenlikht , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20110809133632.GA37445@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20110809191610.GA6129@nyx.user-mode.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: Anton Shterenlikht , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Christian Barthel Subject: Re: extracting text from docx files X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:27:30 -0000 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