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Karen Lewellen
Jun 17, 2013, 11:50:02 PM6/17/13
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Hi folks,
it may be a part of laytext, but we do not have that here on shellworld.
Still I am wondering if there is a utility in debian that will convert the
ms word .docx file format into anything else? antiword will not do this
because technically .docx is not word so to speak.
for those who do not know Microsoft created the .docx format in word 2007,
and almost nothing else can read them smiles.
ideas?
Karen
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it may be a part of laytext, but we do not have that here on shellworld.
Still I am wondering if there is a utility in debian that will convert the
ms word .docx file format into anything else? antiword will not do this
because technically .docx is not word so to speak.
for those who do not know Microsoft created the .docx format in word 2007,
and almost nothing else can read them smiles.
ideas?
Karen
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Zenaan Harkness
Jun 18, 2013, 12:30:02 AM6/18/13
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On 6/18/13, Karen Lewellen <klew...@shellworld.net> wrote:
> Hi folks,
> it may be a part of laytext, but we do not have that here on shellworld.
> Still I am wondering if there is a utility in debian that will convert the
> ms word .docx file format into anything else? antiword will not do this
> because technically .docx is not word so to speak.
> for those who do not know Microsoft created the .docx format in word 2007,
> and almost nothing else can read them smiles.
> ideas?
catdoc ?
> Hi folks,
> it may be a part of laytext, but we do not have that here on shellworld.
> Still I am wondering if there is a utility in debian that will convert the
> ms word .docx file format into anything else? antiword will not do this
> because technically .docx is not word so to speak.
> for those who do not know Microsoft created the .docx format in word 2007,
> and almost nothing else can read them smiles.
> ideas?
Otherwise libreoffice from the command line. GIYF (google is your friend).
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Lisi Reisz
Jun 18, 2013, 3:30:03 AM6/18/13
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On Tuesday 18 June 2013 05:25:46 Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> On 6/18/13, Karen Lewellen <klew...@shellworld.net> wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> > it may be a part of laytext, but we do not have that here on shellworld.
> > Still I am wondering if there is a utility in debian that will convert
> > the ms word .docx file format into anything else? antiword will not do
> > this because technically .docx is not word so to speak.
> > for those who do not know Microsoft created the .docx format in word
> > 2007, and almost nothing else can read them smiles.
> > ideas?
>
> catdoc ?
>
> Otherwise libreoffice from the command line. GIYF (google is your friend).
I have not had any difficulty reading docx for some years now. First
> On 6/18/13, Karen Lewellen <klew...@shellworld.net> wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> > it may be a part of laytext, but we do not have that here on shellworld.
> > Still I am wondering if there is a utility in debian that will convert
> > the ms word .docx file format into anything else? antiword will not do
> > this because technically .docx is not word so to speak.
> > for those who do not know Microsoft created the .docx format in word
> > 2007, and almost nothing else can read them smiles.
> > ideas?
>
> catdoc ?
>
> Otherwise libreoffice from the command line. GIYF (google is your friend).
OpenOffice.org and now LibreOffice Just Work. Find file. Open it. Read to
your heart's content. Save in one of the many formats that OOo/LO can use,
or export as pdf.
You say neither how experienced you are, nor which version you are running.
Which version of the two applications you can install how, depends on these
factors.
Lisi
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Michael Anckaert
Jun 18, 2013, 3:40:03 AM6/18/13
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On 18/06/13 05:42, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> Hi folks,
> it may be a part of laytext, but we do not have that here on shellworld.
> Still I am wondering if there is a utility in debian that will convert
> the ms word .docx file format into anything else? antiword will not
> do this because technically .docx is not word so to speak.
> for those who do not know Microsoft created the .docx format in word
> 2007, and almost nothing else can read them smiles.
> ideas?
> Karen
>
>
While I'm not a fan of the OOXML format (official docx name), it's
> Hi folks,
> it may be a part of laytext, but we do not have that here on shellworld.
> Still I am wondering if there is a utility in debian that will convert
> the ms word .docx file format into anything else? antiword will not
> do this because technically .docx is not word so to speak.
> for those who do not know Microsoft created the .docx format in word
> 2007, and almost nothing else can read them smiles.
> ideas?
> Karen
>
>
actually an improvement over the binary doc format. A .docx is actually
a zip file containing HTML and CSS files. So it's really much easier to
read than the old binary format.
The reason why so few programs can read it correctly is because MS
doesn't really follow the published specification of how to
create/display an OOXML file. Pretty much the same issue as how IE
displays certain CSS properties.
Regarding your issue: you could write a script that does something like
unzip, parse with lynx, display the text contents.
Kind regards
Michael
Joe
Jun 18, 2013, 4:20:01 AM6/18/13
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On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:27:07 +0100
Lisi Reisz <lisi....@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 June 2013 05:25:46 Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> > On 6/18/13, Karen Lewellen <klew...@shellworld.net> wrote:
> > > Hi folks,
> > > it may be a part of laytext, but we do not have that here on
> > > shellworld. Still I am wondering if there is a utility in debian
> > > that will convert the ms word .docx file format into anything
> > > else? antiword will not do this because technically .docx is not
> > > word so to speak. for those who do not know Microsoft created
> > > the .docx format in word 2007, and almost nothing else can read
> > > them smiles. ideas?
> >
> > catdoc ?
> >
> > Otherwise libreoffice from the command line. GIYF (google is your
> > friend).
>
> I have not had any difficulty reading docx for some years now. First
> OpenOffice.org and now LibreOffice Just Work. Find file. Open it.
> Read to your heart's content. Save in one of the many formats that
> OOo/LO can use, or export as pdf.
>
Bearing in mind that anything more complex than a business letter is
Lisi Reisz <lisi....@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 June 2013 05:25:46 Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> > On 6/18/13, Karen Lewellen <klew...@shellworld.net> wrote:
> > > Hi folks,
> > > it may be a part of laytext, but we do not have that here on
> > > shellworld. Still I am wondering if there is a utility in debian
> > > that will convert the ms word .docx file format into anything
> > > else? antiword will not do this because technically .docx is not
> > > word so to speak. for those who do not know Microsoft created
> > > the .docx format in word 2007, and almost nothing else can read
> > > them smiles. ideas?
> >
> > catdoc ?
> >
> > Otherwise libreoffice from the command line. GIYF (google is your
> > friend).
>
> I have not had any difficulty reading docx for some years now. First
> OpenOffice.org and now LibreOffice Just Work. Find file. Open it.
> Read to your heart's content. Save in one of the many formats that
> OOo/LO can use, or export as pdf.
>
unlikely to be displayed as the author intended. But then that's true
between different versions of Word, or even the same version if a
printer is selected which has a different printable area.
Word is really a document processor, eminently suitable for writing a
novel, but many people use it for DTP and complain about how poorly it
does the job.
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David Goodenough
Jun 18, 2013, 5:30:01 AM6/18/13
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On Tuesday 18 Jun 2013, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> Hi folks,
> it may be a part of laytext, but we do not have that here on shellworld.
> Still I am wondering if there is a utility in debian that will convert the
> ms word .docx file format into anything else? antiword will not do this
> because technically .docx is not word so to speak.
> for those who do not know Microsoft created the .docx format in word 2007,
> and almost nothing else can read them smiles.
> ideas?
> Karen
While OpenOffice and LibreOffice will read simple documents resonably well,
> Hi folks,
> it may be a part of laytext, but we do not have that here on shellworld.
> Still I am wondering if there is a utility in debian that will convert the
> ms word .docx file format into anything else? antiword will not do this
> because technically .docx is not word so to speak.
> for those who do not know Microsoft created the .docx format in word 2007,
> and almost nothing else can read them smiles.
> ideas?
> Karen
I have found that KalligraSuite (the old KOffice) makes a better job of
more complicated documents. All three can then save the document in another
format.
David
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Greg
Jun 18, 2013, 10:40:01 AM6/18/13
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On Tue, 2013-06-18 at 14:25 +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> Otherwise libreoffice from the command line. GIYF (google is your friend).
>
>
No multi-billion dollar corporation is your friend.
> Otherwise libreoffice from the command line. GIYF (google is your friend).
>
>
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Kelly Clowers
Jun 18, 2013, 3:10:02 PM6/18/13
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On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 12:35 AM, Michael Anckaert
<michael....@sinax.be> wrote:
> On 18/06/13 05:42, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>> it may be a part of laytext, but we do not have that here on shellworld.
>> Still I am wondering if there is a utility in debian that will convert
>> the ms word .docx file format into anything else? antiword will not
>> do this because technically .docx is not word so to speak.
Antiword will not do it because it is a .doc converter, not a .docx
<michael....@sinax.be> wrote:
> On 18/06/13 05:42, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>> it may be a part of laytext, but we do not have that here on shellworld.
>> Still I am wondering if there is a utility in debian that will convert
>> the ms word .docx file format into anything else? antiword will not
>> do this because technically .docx is not word so to speak.
converter. .docx is absolutly a Word document.
>> for those who do not know Microsoft created the .docx format in word
>> 2007, and almost nothing else can read them smiles.
>> ideas?
>>
> While I'm not a fan of the OOXML format (official docx name), it's
> actually an improvement over the binary doc format. A .docx is actually
> a zip file containing HTML and CSS files.
XML. You might be thinking of .epub ebook format...
Cheers,
Kelly Clowers
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Benedict Verheyen
Jun 19, 2013, 4:30:02 AM6/19/13
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On 18/06/2013 21:04, Kelly Clowers wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 12:35 AM, Michael Anckaert
<snip>
>>> for those who do not know Microsoft created the .docx format in word 2007, and almost nothing else can read them smiles. ideas?
>
> Unoconv
A good suggestion by Kelly. We use it inhouse for a webapp that creates an
OpenOffice document, then automatically converts it to something Office can read.
Works great so far.
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On 18/06/2013 21:04, Kelly Clowers wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 12:35 AM, Michael Anckaert
>>> for those who do not know Microsoft created the .docx format in word 2007, and almost nothing else can read them smiles. ideas?
>
> Unoconv
OpenOffice document, then automatically converts it to something Office can read.
Works great so far.
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