From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joe Fineman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: .doc files in emacs Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 02:21:58 GMT Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1166236839 16138 80.91.229.10 (16 Dec 2006 02:40:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 02:40:39 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 16 03:40:35 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 1GvPTW-0000eA-C8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:40:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GvPTV-0003Gh-Uy for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:40:33 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!cycny01.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!trndny01.POSTED!099a252d!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:FsaFfIFXgn1Fy7crA25kwelNgcI= Original-Lines: 24 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.162.238.190 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net Original-X-Trace: trndny01 1166235718 68.162.238.190 (Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:21:58 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:21:58 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:144009 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:39611 Archived-At: 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? -- --- Joe Fineman joe_f@verizon.net ||: Happiness is no more than good health and a bad memory. :||