supergg02 Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 (edited) Hi ! is there a way to convert doc files to txt files ? The solution must be without using ms word because it use a lot of ram and cpu if there is a lot files to convert. Thinks for your help My goal is to make statistics about ponctuations, words, paragraphs in a given book Edited October 1, 2005 by supergg02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDod Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 Hi !is there a way to convert doc files to txt files ?The solution must be without using ms word because it use a lot of ram and cpu if there is a lot files to convert.Thinks for your helpMy goal is to make statistics about ponctuations, words, paragraphs in a given bookSearching on google came up with this amongst many others. Time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted time ......T.S. Elliot Suspense is worse than disappointment................Robert Burns God help the man who won't help himself, because no-one else will...........My Grandmother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valuater Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 as i understand if you are in word and want to just save as a text file, word will prompt you saying " you will loose formatting" thus your goal is defeated 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supergg02 Posted October 1, 2005 Author Share Posted October 1, 2005 as i understand if you are in word and want to just save as a text file, word will prompt you saying " you will loose formatting"thus your goal is defeated8)No the doc files are generated automaticly by an other ocr software and i search a solution to convert them without opening them by word or other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDod Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 No the doc files are generated automaticly by an other ocr software and i search a solution to convert them without opening them by word or otherThe solution that I gave you can be used in command line and therefore can easily be scripted. Time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted time ......T.S. Elliot Suspense is worse than disappointment................Robert Burns God help the man who won't help himself, because no-one else will...........My Grandmother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valuater Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 I think your missing the point... doc files include formatting i tried FileCopy("C:\Questions.doc", "C:\Questions.txt") and the txt file is gibberish.... because of doc formatting 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supergg02 Posted October 1, 2005 Author Share Posted October 1, 2005 The solution that I gave you can be used in command line and therefore can easily be scripted.thinks a lot ! i will try it now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 I found an old mail about this subject:>wvWare might help you out. It's a library (the one used in Abiword)>and a set of command-line tools for reading and converting MS Word>documents. The URL is http://wvware.sourceforge.net/ . Good luck.HTH My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs: Active Directory (NEW 2024-07-28 - Version 1.6.3.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki ExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts OutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki OutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - Download Outlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki PowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki Task Scheduler (2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs: Excel - Example Scripts - Wiki Word - Wiki Tutorials: ADO - Wiki WebDriver - Wiki  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDod Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 I think your missing the point... doc files include formattingi triedFileCopy("C:\Questions.doc", "C:\Questions.txt")and the txt file is gibberish.... because of doc formatting8)If the doc is run through a convertor the formatting is striped and only the text remains. What you tried was just renaming the file. Time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted time ......T.S. Elliot Suspense is worse than disappointment................Robert Burns God help the man who won't help himself, because no-one else will...........My Grandmother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefhal Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 (edited) Searching on google came up with this amongst many others.BigDod- I dl'd AntiWord for DOS and tested on 3 doc files. It works perfectly! Good call. (P.S. they "don't do Windows", but they do have a precompiled version for Windows if you want to spend a lot more time on it...This is a sample of the output. It would let you count words, punctuation, paragraphs, etc.:expires and you still need to use Outlook Web Access, refresh your browserand log on again.Supported browsers and operating systemsYou can use Outlook Web Access with Microsoft Internet Explorer or NetscapeNavigator Web browsers from many UNIX, Apple Macintosh, or MicrosoftWindows-based computers. To use the complete set of features available with Edited October 1, 2005 by jefhal ...by the way, it's pronounced: "JIF"... Bob Berry --- inventor of the GIF format Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valuater Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 (edited) If the doc is run through a convertor the formatting is striped and only the text remains. What you tried was just renaming the file.thx.... i understand that8) Edited October 1, 2005 by Valuater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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