On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Dave Stevens <geek@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a MS Word file from several years ago that I want to look at. I can not > open it with OpenOffice Writer, Abiword, gedit. All give a message that > indicates there is something wrong with the file format - character encoding, > damaged file etc. But when I use less to view the contents I get an initial > warning that the file may be binary (fair enough, it is) then it shows me the > content I more or less expected, though horribly unformatted and hard to > read. > > It is all text that I want, no figures or graphics. As far as I know I could > cut and paste from less, or use a hex editor, but that is horribly tedious > for 35 pages or so of text. Anyone have a suggestion? How does Google Docs digest it? /Mike -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
