That'll drop the *junk* from it and give you straight text, which is what I assume you're looking for?
I've got some code that grabs all the text out of a PPT and puts it into a text file but I have a feeling it won't work on Mac.
Have you tried using Word, File-->Open, Recover text from any file (as the file type)? Perhaps that'd get your text without too much hassle?
Hello to the experts. Here is what I would like to do.
I am a Mac artist and want to be able to copy from word into a Quark doc.
One of our customers has a large grocery store on Cape Cod. The customer always emails her documents to us as a Powerpoint doc. I can set the print area and copy the print area into a Word doc.
The problem I have is how to eliminate the vertical rules and areas that have been created in the original Powerpoint doc transferred to Word, so that all I have left if flowing text from one line to the next line?
As an example: the text intro is in one block of copy and the price is in another block of copy separated by a line, or vertical rule between the two blocks of text in Word.
I can copy the text from bottom right hand corner to the top left hand corner. Paste into the Quark doc. and have these huge returns to contend with.
Any easy way to eliminate the vertical rules?
Here is an example of the text:
Kelloggs Rice Krispies?24 oz.?$2.98.
I am not a Powerpoint person at all.
As far as Word goes, I am able to copy Word files into Adobe Photoshop and process them. Copy word text into a Quark doc. That's it. Not a Microsoft person at all.
Please keep your explanation and post as (KISS!) = "Keep-It-Simple-Stupid" for me,
Thanks for your help.
Kevin

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