doc,docx are formats that were provided by Microsoft Office word processor and supported by all open source word processors.
Questions tagged [doc]
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Search text within multiple pdfs and docs
I got a bunch of notes written by other students, but they are from an old textbook that didn't deal with everything in the same order, so I need to search through the notes for every chapter (each individual chapter is in a different .pdf or .doc)…
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Opening DocX Files
I am doing some marking that requires me to open .docx file created using Microsoft Office 2007+. OpenOffice doesn't seem to be doing a good job for it, so far, hid all the images in the documents. Any idea if there is a program that is guaranteed…
Rafid
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How to convert document from Google Docs to text file
How would I capture all the text in a document from Google Docs and convert it to a text file, preferably a way that can be used in a script? Would wget work? such as:
wget https://docs.google.com/document/d/documentcode > googledoc.txt
If so,…
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how to view a doc from command line?
As I mentioned there , how can I view documents( ex: .doc,.docx and all other formats ) from the command line ? Is there any way ?
Thank you.
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Where to get kubectl man pages?
Any suggestion where I can get and install kubectl man pages? Asking Google all the time is getting annoying.
I want to be able to see the man page from the command line like:
$ man kubectl pods
I obviously know about the documentation online on…
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How to put an image and some text to .doc file via command-line?
I am trying to create a file.doc (Microsoft Word Document format) and write some text into it and also, insert an image into it via command shell. I have no idea what or how should I do it.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
user3294564
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How to add a new file in any directory by right-click add a new ...file (text, doc etc.) easily?
I want to add a new file to any directory by just one or two clicks. There is a way like using the terminal and touch command, but I want it to be easier so that it can be done by anybody. Is there a simple way to do this?
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File Manager Type Classification - Document (pdf/docx)
I have a folder with pdf, doc and docx files, I would like to sort them using the default File manager, displaying pdfs and word docs separately. Unfortunately in the 'Type' column, they are all considered 'Document'. Is there any way I can change…
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Ubuntu default docx parser
I've just installed Recoll to index my text files. It works like a charm, but what surprised me is that it was able to index docx by default, while asked to install antiword to index doc files.
I know doc and docx have different MIME types but they…
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Not Able To View HTML Using GNOME Yelp
In the GNOME Yelp docs, it says that Yelp supports viewing HTML. But when I run yelp file:///home/myusername/Desktop/test.html, it displays "The URL can't be shown."
How can I resolve it? Actually I want to view my docs offline which I've converted…
Sarvottam Kumar
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Saving a files in LibreOffice to .pdf
I was looking to save a file from a .docx file to a .pdf file. I believed this worked in LibreOffice but when I tried to save the file as a .pdf, the option wasn't there.
Is there a .pdf file save function for LibreOffice?
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How to open .doc files containing XML code in LibreOffice?
I have a .doc file that contains XML formatting code. If I open it on Windows with MS Word it perfectly works showing tables, texts and so on.
This is how it looks on MS Word:
If I open it in LibreOffice it only shows XML lines like this (this is…
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Is ther any tool in ubuntu to convert pdf to doc
I am looking for a tool or middle-ware which converts PDF to DOC. which should convert exact PDF content (with all image and style.)
I have tried abiword. No use. not converting properly.
If we can able to save pdf as word in libreOffice, How to do…
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Write/Prepare a word document (.dot) in LibreOffice (or any similar format or program) with a text editor (and then convert it to .docx)
I am mostly using latex with text editor for writing articles, however there are some journals that require manuscript to be written in .docx format. A good conversion from .pdf to .docx is possible but many rendering are getting the lost in the…
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Unable to open .docx files in Windows 10 that have been created in Lubuntu 16.04
This issue occurs when I save a .docx file in an internal NTFS storage drive with Libreoffice 5.1.4 or AbiWord, then boot to Windows 10 on the same computer and attempt to open it in LibreOffice 5.1. The LibreOffice logo appears briefly, but nothing…
