Convert ms-word file to text file

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Hi,

I have to convert a MS-word (*.doc/*.docx) file to a text file (*.txt) using a VC++ and MFC.

The problem faced while conversion is that When I try to convert word file to text file the text file is not in the readable form. It shows the text in the form like "´•IOÃ0…ïHü‡ÈW”¸p@5åÀr„JqvIj/ò¸Û¿gÜ%j«¶)P.‘ç½÷yœ™tfºN&àQY“³ë¬Ã0ÒÊT9û¼¤w,Á L!jk ".

Reverse conversion, I mean from text to *.doc is working fine.

I checked the font properties are also same. Even I pasted the converted garbage text to word file, but it produced the same garbage one.

Welcome if any further information required.

Thanks

Posted 7-Sep-11 20:18pm

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OriginalGriff 8-Sep-11 4:24am

Which converter are you using?

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Parthi_Appu · Answer 1 · 2011-09-08T00:08:00

This happens because of the way the two application (MS-Word & Notepad) handles and manipulate the data.
The file with the extension '.txt' will have plain ANSI charecters with out any formatting where as '.doc / .docx' file can have UNICODE charecters and more importantly other data such as images.
So when you try to show the contents which are not supported in '.txt' file we endup in seeing this junk chars.

Stefan_Lang · Answer 2 · 2011-09-08T04:22:00

MS Word adds all kind of information to the document (e. g. document properties such as date and author, MS copyright stuff, etc.), but it shouldn't be too hard to filter out that part.

What is difficult however are the additional bits of information MS Word puts right into the text, such as formatting information, anchors, special characters, image data or other embedded elements. In addition to that, the exact format of a MS Word document may change between versions, so you might need to figure out the version the doc was stored with.

All that said, the effort isn't worth it: just use MS Word itself to store the document in another format, using "Save As"!

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