Wilfried wrote:
[Quoted Text] > On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:27:57 -0500, "Cyril N. Alberga" > <calberga[ at ]bellatlantic.net> wrote: > >> I do not have Word installed on my computer, but people send me .doc files. My >> usual word processing program does a fair job of opening them, except for images. >> >> Is there any simple way to convert these .doc files to .rtf (preferably) or .pdf >> files? I know one on-line site which will convert to .pdf, but it is limited in >> the size of files that it will accept. > > Microsoft offers the "Word viewer" for free at > > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3657ce88-7cfa-457a-9aec-f4f827f20cac&DisplayLang=en> > The Word viewer can view, print and copy, but not edit or save a Word > document. > Open the Word document in Word viewer, select all, copy, and try to > paste in your word processing program. > > > Wilfried Hennings > Please reply in the newsgroup, the reply address is invalid.
Thank you for the suggestion. I have downloaded the viewer, but I was hoping
for something which would (at the least) allow me to extract images. I have
tried two other routes which do give me at least that.
1) An other online .doc to .pdf converter, which I just found, that doesn't
limit the file size. Once in .pdf it is rather easy to get the images.
2) Open Office. I tried saving one of the files as .rtf, but when I open that
in my usual word processor (WordPerfect) the images are not scaled properly. At
least I can edit the document if I wish.
Cyril N. Alberga
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