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Re: scripting Word top copy text - should be simple, but ain't
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Re: scripting Word top copy text - should be simple, but ain't


  • Subject: Re: scripting Word top copy text - should be simple, but ain't
  • From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:32:47 +1000
  • Thread-topic: scripting Word top copy text - should be simple, but ain't

On 25/4/06 9:17 PM, "Charles Arthur, UKClimbing Editor"
<email@hidden> wrote:

> Here's my challenge. I've got hundreds of stories in Word format (some in
> Word 95 format) that I want to open, copy the text from, summarise, paste
> into a Tex-Edit window (or similar) and HTMLify, then upload to a database.

if you're running Tiger, have a look at the shell command "textutil". It may
well do everything you want.

--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
AppleScript Pro Sessions NJ May 06 <http://www.scriptingmatters.com/aspro>


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