On Friday 13 April 2001 19:56, Bob Ramsey wrote: > At 08:32 PM 4/13/01 +0100, you wrote: > >By the way, it is an oversimplification to say that MS encrypts its files. > > You bet. In fact, as some one who works in tech support, I can tell you > that you can recover the complete text of any word document simply by > opening it in notepad and scrolling past the initial binary data. > WordPerfect on the other hand is a real bear. It replaces the space > character with another high ascii character, and adds a bunch of data > interspersed amongst the words. It's a pain to recover a corrupted file in > WP. > just my 0.02 EUR in addition to this topic: in the past, I always used to apply the most simple 'import filter' - 'strings' to m$ word files: 'strings file.doc' will at least produce an output that lets you read all plain text in the document. werner -- Send posts to: kde-user@lists.netcentral.net Send all commands to: kde-user-request@lists.netcentral.net Put your command in the SUBJECT of the message: "subscribe", "unsubscribe", "set digest on", or "set digest off" All kde mailing lists are archived at http://lists.kde.org ********************************************************************** This list is from your pals at NetCentral