Re: automatic ms-word to text

Oh thanks,

I hadn't thought of that. Do I understand you correctly then, when Word goes to 
save I  look at the file name and if it is the one I  need I  then just force 
it to save to text?

Now I have used VBA in macros but I  don't yet know how to trigger it 
automatically, I'll have a  look for that in the HELP system later this morning.

Thanks.

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ken Perry 
  To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 11:53 PM
  Subject: RE: automatic ms-word to text




  All you have to do is write a script in word to do this.  You can wait for 
the on save event and save the file in as many formats as you wish heck for 
that matter you can publish it to the web if you want.  If you don't know VBA I 
could see if I can dig up the code you need.

  Ken



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  From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens
  Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 7:36 PM
  To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: automatic ms-word to text


  good evening,

  I am on this life long mission to move some in-house work into the Windows 
environment. It is a long story but for now I process a text file to extract 
certain information for processing by a DOS programme. I need to keep this 
simple for a sighted user who is also using Word so, I would like to open one 
plane text file in Word and when ever updated and saved it should also be saved 
as a plane text file. This must be done without the operator having to remember 
to save that file in text format while any other files opened will continue to 
work as regular .doc files.

  I need a reliable method of always insuring that one particular file will 
always be handled as a .TXT file. Admittedly this part of the problem is not a 
programming issue but I don't want to have to open a text editor along with 
teaching the special command set of that editor to be learned.

  Thanks.



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