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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: Import Filters
From:       Werner.Joss () t-online ! de (Werner Joss)
Date:       2001-04-14 7:04:10
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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
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