The docx format is actually pretty simple: it is a zipped set of
files. If you upload it to the server and unzip it, you'll see a set
of xml files. You can poke around and figure out the format, or you
can find a spec on line.
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 9:59 AM, Walter Lee Davis <wa...@wdstudio.com> wrote:
>
> On Sep 13, 2012, at 7:35 AM, rovin varshney wrote:
>
>> Hello Everyone,
>> I m looking for parsing doc/docx file in ruby on rails.
>> I have use File.open('filename','r'), but it shows special character
>> instead of the content of file .
>
> If all you want is the text content of the files, you can try the ancient
> Unix utility catdoc to do that. Just back-tick to that command (and make sure
> it's installed in your Web server's path). The result will not be pretty, but
> it will have all of the words in it.
>
> Walter
>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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