[lug] .doc to .txt on Linux

[Kevin]

>>>>> "John" == John Starkey <jstarkey at ajstarkey.com> writes:

>> There is a really cool utility called 'mswordview' (a stock package
>> in KRUD, btw) that converts Word docs to HTML, which can be viewed
>> or dumped as text using lynx.

John> Word throws in huge amounts of uneeded tags when converting to
John> HTML. Is this gonna do the same??

not sure how good a job it will do. Depends on the document. ;) Worth
giving a try...

John> Any idea where I can find it??

http://www.wvware.com/

recently changed it's name to wvWare and is being used by abiword as
it's word converter! ;)

John> John

kevin