[Tutor] extracting text from word files (.doc, .docx) and pdf

[Alan Gauld]

"Juan Jose Del Toro" <jdeltoro1973 at gmail.com> wrote

> I am looking for a way to extract parts of a text from word 
> (.doc,.docx)
> files as well as pdf;

In addition to the suggestions already given you can use
COM to drive Word itself if you have Word on the PC in
which you are running the code.

If not there are ways to drive OpenOffice too although I've never
used them...

HTH,

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Alan Gauld
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