From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: .doc files in emacs Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:51:33 +0100 Message-ID: <45835F35.1090404@student.lu.se> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1166237520 17356 80.91.229.10 (16 Dec 2006 02:52:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 02:52:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 16 03:51:58 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GvPeV-0001R3-KI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:51:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GvPeV-0003Ra-6B for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:51:55 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GvPeG-0003Qd-Kk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:51:40 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GvPeE-0003OG-Ex for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:51:39 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GvPeE-0003OD-83 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:51:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.76.149.212] (helo=ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GvPeE-000416-3M for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:51:38 -0500 Original-Received: from c83-254-145-24.bredband.comhem.se ([83.254.145.24]:62887 helo=[127.0.0.1]) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GvPeB-0001lF-4v; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:51:36 +0100 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows/20061025) Original-To: Joe Fineman In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0659-0, 2006-12-15), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1GvPeB-0001lF-4v. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1GvPeB-0001lF-4v 6b71f5267ac5686c04e687614217e1be X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:39613 Archived-At: Joe Fineman wrote: > Gary Wessle writes: > > >> can a microsoft .doc file be viewed/edited/converted/whatever by >> emacs? if not, how do you people handle this file? >> > > As others on this thread have pointed out, there are various utilities > that will convert a .doc file to a text file. However, Word itself > will do that for you (File -> Save as -> Text). Such a file can of > course be edited in Emacs, and that is useful as far as it goes. > > But AFAIK there is no way to edit a .doc file in Emacs in such a way > that it remains a .doc file usable in Word. I have tried it, and > often it has seemed to work for minor changes, but I gave up after > other users found that it corrupted the file in obscure ways. I dare > say that Microsoft would be horrified at the thought, but such a > routine would improve my quality of life, as I am often called on to > edit .doc files, and do not enjoy doing so in Word. > > Is a Word-to-TeX conversion program conceivable? > Why not use OpenOffice.org? It can convert the .doc file to its xml format if I understand things correctly.