Re: WNTD: MS word file format

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From: Nick Ward
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 00:00

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In article <47rnv2$98@gandalf.rutgers.edu>, jjwright@gandalf.rutgers.edu says...
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>I am trying to write a program that will run through a microsoft word
>document and extract some information from it.  A little routine that
>looks inside the format.  Is there some place where I can get a copy
>of the binary format in which MS Word writes its documents?


The Word RTF specification is available from Microsoft via WWW or FTP. On the web page
http://www.microsoft.com/kb/softlib do a search in the software library for the RTF
spec version 1.4. The spec is in a zip archive that you can expand on a PC.


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Nicholas W. Ward - Redmond, Washington USA
The opinions expressed in this message are my own personal views 
and do not reflect the official views of Microsoft Corporation.

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