Re: Word from command prompt?

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Word doesn't have an export filter to CSV the way Excel does. If the
document contains a table and you want it to be comma-separated, you
can use the Table > Convert > Table to Text command inside the
document and tell it to separate the cell contents with commas. Then
save the document as a Plain Text (*.txt) file, and change the
extension to .CSV if desired.

It's probably easier to copy the table to the clipboard, paste it into
Excel, and save the resulting worksheet as a CSV file.

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On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:33:47 -0800, asadim
<asadim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks. Also another question: is it possible to convert tabulated Word docs
to CSV files? e.g. I want a comma between each table cell in the CSV file.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Using the /m switch (see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=210565) you can
run a macro or a built-in command that doesn't need any further information
(such as FilePrintDefault, which prints the document without displaying the
Print dialog).

Since saving any document in a specific format requires further information
(the format, directory, and filename to save to), you can't put that command
directly in the command line. If you write a macro to do the job, you can
run the macro from the command line.

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asadim wrote:
Is it possible to execute MS Word commands from the command prompt?
If so how is it done?

I'm wondering if I can convert Word docs to txt files from the command
prompt. I know it is possible from within the program, but was
wondering if there's a command line interface for it.

Thanks.



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