Converting Word .doc files without Word.

Wilfried wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:27:57 -0500, "Cyril N. Alberga"
> <calberga.TakeThisOut@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...7a-9aec
>
> 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

How about this solution?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd300649.aspx
Introducing the Open XML Format External File Converter for 2007 Microsoft Office System SP2

You could use googledocs. Once you have a google account you can upload .doc files and then download as PDF files.

Here is a tutorial: http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/learningresources/thread/1e39...e-e8b0-

You can have a try, good luck!