From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Dec 16 13:41:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA16597 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:41:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from random.static.greatland.net (random.static.greatland.net [209.112.190.245]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA16569 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:41:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from random@random.static.greatland.net) Received: from localhost (random@localhost) by random.static.greatland.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA01302; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 12:41:23 -0900 (AKST) (envelope-from random@random.static.greatland.net) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 12:41:20 -0900 (AKST) From: Random Liegh To: Haavard Vaagstoel cc: ML Duke , newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vi & word documents In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org My $0.02 ... With the way word changes, I wouldn't count on *Any* program being able to consistently read word files; so I've saved ML Duke's letter for future reference. I use pico, and religiously avoid vi 'cos it's so arcane; but on the other hand, reading any tips at all about it makes it less so, so if ya care to share any other tips at any other time, ML Duke, please do. btw--I installed mswordview from the packages...haven't tried it yet, though. -Random On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, Haavard Vaagstoel wrote: > On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, ML Duke wrote: > > > Just had a little experience some others might be interested in. > > Received a word 97 file from a client. StarOffice would no open it > > in any form. Tried editing it with ee, with an eye to edit out the > > garbage (a _whole lot_ of it) & print the 1.5 pages of useful data. > > The file defied being edited in ee. > > > Enter vi. Using the "de" command=delete to end of word, the garbage > > preceeding the good text vanished very quickly, then "dd" quickly > > eliminated the garbage following the good text. > > Of course, it's possible to do it like that, but there also exist programs > that will convert a Word .doc file to text. 'catdoc' is one such program, > though at the moment I cannot remember if it can convert w97 files or only > w95 and below. > > -- > Haavard Vaagstoel > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message