On Tue, Jun 23, 1998 at 11:26:18AM +0100, Ted Harding wrote: > A rough-and-ready way to do just what you're asking is to use the "strings" > command: > > strings wordfile.doc > wordfile.txt
It's not quite so simple; Word's "fast save" mechanism actually appends changes to the document since the last save to the end of the file. Once some number of fast saves has been exceeded it will rewrite the whole lot. "strings" is only going to show the original at the last non-fast-save time. This could be completely different! Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
