Re: Is there any Utility to Convert .docx Files to ASCII?

2009-04-13 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 17:58, Martin McCormick wrote: > Our campus uses the latest Microsoft Office suite which produces > XL spreadsheets and Word documents with a different format. All > the file names end in x such as important-document.xlx or > someotherdoc.docx. catdoc which reads older Word

Is there any Utility to Convert .docx Files to ASCII?

2009-04-13 Thread Martin McCormick
Our campus uses the latest Microsoft Office suite which produces XL spreadsheets and Word documents with a different format. All the file names end in x such as important-document.xlx or someotherdoc.docx. catdoc which reads older Word documents spews out a bunch of binary junk and XML code so it i

Re: docx files

2007-11-13 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:12:35 +0200 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 06:24:06PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > Other people know I no longer use Windows which has cut the requests I > > receive for free support to ZERO! I like that. :-) > > Ha, ha :) I know

Re: docx files

2007-11-12 Thread Jim Ottaway
> Thierry Chatelet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > I received a file.docx made with office 2007 > Is there any easy way to read it? > Thanks > Thierry I have received a few of these recently and I found an rpm on Novell's website at http://download.novell.com/SummaryFree.jsp?buildid=ES

Re: docx files

2007-11-12 Thread Joe
Thierry Chatelet wrote: Hi, I received a file.docx made with office 2007 Is there any easy way to read it? Thanks Thierry Possibly. It's a zip archive, and Ark will recognise and open it. They can be encrypted but the sender would have told you that. The file document.xml contains the text, t

OT: weather and politician jokes [was Re: docx files]

2007-11-12 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 08:35:38PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 07:02:01PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > cheers, and send some warm weather my way. > > > Where are you so I know which way to point a polititian? > > I'm in Southern Ontario (Canada) where

Re: docx files

2007-11-12 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 06:24:06PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > Other people know I no longer use Windows which has cut the requests I > receive for free support to ZERO! I like that. :-) Ha, ha :) I know what you mean, but I still do hardware support and on occasion some Windows support, jus

Re: docx files

2007-11-10 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 07:02:01PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > cheers, and send some warm weather my way. Where are you so I know which way to point a polititian? I'm in Southern Ontario (Canada) where its far too warm for November. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: docx files

2007-11-10 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 01:32:01PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 11/09/07 11:07, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 11:26:35AM +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > >> On Friday 09 November 2007 09:45, Arijit Sarkar wrote: > >>> On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 22:14 +0100, Thierry Chatelet

Re: docx files

2007-11-10 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:07:15 -0600, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On 11/10/07 09:31, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:55:23 -0600, Ron Johnson >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> >>> On 11/10/07 00:13, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:32:01 -0600, Ron Jo

Re: docx files

2007-11-10 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/10/07 09:31, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:55:23 -0600, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> On 11/10/07 00:13, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >>> On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:32:01 -0600, Ron Johnson >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >

Re: docx files

2007-11-10 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:55:23 -0600, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On 11/10/07 00:13, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:32:01 -0600, Ron Johnson >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> But it's fun! >> >>> And to the 95% of people who have no clue what a word processor is

Re: docx files

2007-11-10 Thread Nate Bargmann
majority. > > So when you see that "moron" young woman at the club and ask her to > dance, she thinks "This guy is a jackass." and turns you down, > possibly rudely. Especially if you told her straight away not to send .docx files. ;-) Only about 1 to 5% of tho

Re: docx files

2007-11-10 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/10/07 00:13, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:32:01 -0600, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >>> But it's fun! > >> And to the 95% of people who have no clue what a word processor is it >> makes you look like a jackass. >

Re: docx files

2007-11-09 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:32:01 -0600, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> But it's fun! > And to the 95% of people who have no clue what a word processor is it > makes you look like a jackass. Being thought a jackass by morons is a compliment. manoj -- In case of fire, stan

Re: docx files

2007-11-09 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Thierry Chatelet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007 Nov 09 15:11 -0600]: > Now, not to give me more than I deserve: I started with Debian about 3 years > ago. Looking a fool in my small village. ( 500 people living here.) Now there > are 14 PC with Debian only, and 3 with double boot. And all those pe

Re: docx files

2007-11-09 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Friday 09 November 2007 20:32, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 11/09/07 11:07, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 11:26:35AM +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > >> On Friday 09 November 2007 09:45, Arijit Sarkar wrote: > >>> On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 22:14 +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote: >

Re: docx files

2007-11-09 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/09/07 14:03, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 13:32:01 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 11/09/07 11:07, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > [...] > >>> I have done this as well, and will likely continue to do so. In fact, >>> I've st

Re: docx files

2007-11-09 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 13:32:01 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 11/09/07 11:07, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: [...] > > I have done this as well, and will likely continue to do so. In fact, > > I've started asking people who send .doc files that I *can* read to > > resend them just on principle. I

Re: docx files

2007-11-09 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/09/07 11:07, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 11:26:35AM +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote: >> On Friday 09 November 2007 09:45, Arijit Sarkar wrote: >>> On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 22:14 +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote: Hi, I

Re: docx files

2007-11-09 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 11:26:35AM +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > On Friday 09 November 2007 09:45, Arijit Sarkar wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 22:14 +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I received a file.docx made with office 2007 > > > Is there any easy way to read it? > > > Thanks

Re: docx files

2007-11-09 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Friday 09 November 2007 09:45, Arijit Sarkar wrote: > On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 22:14 +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > > Hi, > > I received a file.docx made with office 2007 > > Is there any easy way to read it? > > Thanks > > Thierry > > Why don't you tell the sender to send it again in different f

Re: docx files

2007-11-09 Thread Arijit Sarkar
On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 22:14 +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > Hi, > I received a file.docx made with office 2007 > Is there any easy way to read it? > Thanks > Thierry > > Why don't you tell the sender to send it again in different format? Since, "docx" is not a standard format, it's not possibl

Re: docx files

2007-11-08 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 12:38:22AM +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > On Thursday 08 November 2007 00:29, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 11/07/07 17:01, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > > >>> Hi, > > >>> I received a file.docx made with office 2007 > > >>> Is there any easy way to read it? > > >> > > >> I think

Re: docx files

2007-11-07 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 10:14:55PM +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > Hi, > I received a file.docx made with office 2007 > Is there any easy way to read it? > Thanks > Thierry Microsoft has a free converter. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD14

Re: docx files

2007-11-07 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Thursday 08 November 2007 00:29, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 11/07/07 17:01, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> I received a file.docx made with office 2007 > >>> Is there any easy way to read it? > >> > >> I think that SUSE has a closed-source plugin for OOo. > > > > Hummm, excuse my ignorence

Re: docx files

2007-11-07 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/07/07 17:01, Thierry Chatelet wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I received a file.docx made with office 2007 >>> Is there any easy way to read it? >> I think that SUSE has a closed-source plugin for OOo. >> > > Hummm, excuse my ignorence, what do you mean by c

Re: docx files

2007-11-07 Thread Thierry Chatelet
> > Hi, > > I received a file.docx made with office 2007 > > Is there any easy way to read it? > > I think that SUSE has a closed-source plugin for OOo. > Hummm, excuse my ignorence, what do you mean by closed-source ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

Re: docx files

2007-11-07 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/07/07 15:14, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > Hi, > I received a file.docx made with office 2007 > Is there any easy way to read it? I think that SUSE has a closed-source plugin for OOo. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and

docx files

2007-11-07 Thread Thierry Chatelet
Hi, I received a file.docx made with office 2007 Is there any easy way to read it? Thanks Thierry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]