[thelist] MS Doc File Format Specs?

[Michael Mell]

Sweet. Thank you.

I've already written the basics of a simple tool in Python to convert rtf
(esp. MSWord) files to a user-defined format. The format could be html or
some template-ready syntax. The tool lets me easily move Word files into
my templating system. If any one is interested in such a tool, send me a
quick hello and let me know how you would use it.

Mike


Brad Farris wrote:

> I looked around a little and found this:
>
> http://www.cena.dgac.fr/~sagnier/info/formats/rtf/rtfspe15.htm
>
> Does that help?
>
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> [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Michael Mell
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> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org; Frank
> Subject: Re: [thelist] MS Doc File Format Specs?
>
> Where is the rtf spec?
> I looked on google yesterday and didn't find it.
>
> Frank wrote:
>
> > I've noticed a good deal of apps that can read and write MS Word,
> > Xcel, PPT (Office formats), that aren't necessarily MS partners (such
> > as SunOffice, or ThinkFree for example). I know that the RTF spec is
> > available, I was wondering if someone could point me to the specs for
> > .doc?
> >
> > I've been Googling around quite a bit and can't seem to find it. Does
> > this mean that
> >
> > 1) MS distributes it's file format spec to selected people?
> > 2) That I didn't user the right combination of search terms?
> > 3) That Sun <gasp> reverse engineered the file format?
> >
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