I'd take the easy way out and use winPython's COM objects to open the doc in word, and save it as .txt and then -
f=file("doc.txt",'r') j=f.read() j=j.split(" ") print len(j) On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:59:16 -0500, Roger Merchberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rumor has it that Bill Mill may have mentioned these words: > >[snip] > >Once you're connected to a word document, you'll have to figure out > >what the command to count the words in the document is, but that's > >just a matter of recording a macro in word where you count the words, > >then repeating it in python. > > Another option would be to write the python program from within > OpenOffice.org if it's available -- it has facilities of opening and > accessing word documents as well. > > >I'd help you with that, but I'm on linux. > > Most things I do are on Linux as well; but the OpenOffice solution should > work equally well on either platform. > > HTH, > Roger "Merch" Merchberger > > -- > Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- SysAdmin, Iceberg Computers > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi! I am a .signature virus. Copy me into your .signature to join in! > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > -- 'There is only one basic human right, and that is to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, to take the consequences. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor