Hi All
Thanks for the consideration.
It is not normal to answer one's own question but the answer is something that
may prove useful to others who are trying to do test conversion so old MS doc
files may be used in Linux.
One can print text directly to a file in MS Windows by choosing printer
manufacture = generic and printer = generic / text
Set up data to be printed and print by menu
Set printer to generic paper continuous in options
print
A menu should come up where you choose what file you want to print to.
Set file to <file name>.txt or rename after printing to .txt
Open file in text editor and you should have text.
Sorry about the posting but they did help formulate the ideas.
Thank
Frank
On Sunday 28 March 2004 08:31, Frank Roberts - SOTL wrote:
> Sorry the issue is not clear to me.
>
> The basic issue is that I have 640 MD of with 778,364 entries of 10 year
> old text data stores in a .nfo files which is not a text file and can not
> be opened in usable format as text nor did 18 hours of OO conversion open
> the file. A text editor opens it in seconds but gives garbage.
>
> Of the 778,364 entries only approximate 17,000 are of immediate interest so
> there is immediately a big reduction in the quantity of data.
>
> Now this data can be converted to a windows .prn file and saved to disk or
> it can be transfered directly to file at 200 entries per file which for the
> 17,000 entries means 90 files. Reassembly is easy; editing is a bitch as
> the data format is not consistant.
>
> Transferring the data directly was the first course of action but then I
> found that what appeared on the screen is not what is transferred critical
> components are left out while what prints is what is on the screen.
> Entering the missing data by hand is impossible. I calculated about 2
> months of work for data entry alone not including other modifications
> required for usage.
>
> So the initial idea when I made the original post was to install a printer
> which was in effect a program that would automatically convert the data
> data to text. Well if such program exist it will have to be installed on my
> computer not on the office computer. Now since my computer is a dual boot
> then that opens a few other possibilities.
>
> Is there a linux or windows program that will convert .prn text files to
> text? Or can anybody suggest a bether method.
>
> Thanks
> Frank
>
> On Sunday 28 March 2004 07:50, Caleb Rodriguez wrote:
> > Frank,
> > Please explain your problem and what you are trying to do.
> > Thanks
> >
> > Frank Roberts - SOTL wrote:
> > >Hi All
> > >
> > >On the bad side I know this post is not about Linux it is about that
> > > other operating system but I am trying to substract the data from "that
> > > other operating system" and place the date in a usable format in Linux
> > > and of course I am lost - again. So please no flame jobs.
> > >
> > >Does anyone know of a program that will act as a printer in MS Windows?
> > >The idea is to print the data to a program which is in reality a
> > > converter that will place the data in test format in a file so that it
> > > can then be read into Open Office.
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >Frank
> > >
> > >
> > >
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