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> > I've been asked to find a way to convert Microsoft Word files into
> > TIFF files, so that each page of the original document is turned into
> > a single image in the generated TIFF file.
> 
> Why??

For interoperability: TIFF images are used everywhere in our system and
exclusively in other internal systems with which we must communicate.

> > The process must be scriptable and run unattended in a Unix box.
> 
> Your best bet in that case would be using AbiWord 
> (http://www.abiword.org), which can generate images of the pages 
> directly.

Thanks, I'll look into it.

> Keep in mind that the only software that can reproduce Word 
> files 100% is Word - so if you can't use Word, yuo need to be 
> prepared for less-than-perfect renditions.

We realize that and we are not looking for a perfect match, just to get
usable images out of the document pages.

Regards,

-- 
FGL


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	LibTiff Mailing List TIFF and LibTiff Mailing List Archive September 2003 Previous Thread Next Thread Previous by Thread Next by Thread Previous by Date Next by Date Contact The TIFF Mailing List Homepage This list is run by Frank Warmerdam Archive maintained by AWare Systems	Thread 2003.09.16 20:36 "OT: MS Word to TIFF conversion", by Fernando Loygorri 2003.09.16 21:03 "OT: MS Word to TIFF conversion", by Leonard Rosenthol 2003.09.16 21:56 "OT: MS Word to TIFF conversion", by Fernando Loygorri 2003.09.16 21:25 "OT: MS Word to TIFF conversion", by Andrey Kiselev 2003.09.16 22:00 "OT: MS Word to TIFF conversion", by Fernando Loygorri 2003.09.16 21:56 "OT: MS Word to TIFF conversion", by Fernando Loygorri > > I've been asked to find a way to convert Microsoft Word files into > > TIFF files, so that each page of the original document is turned into > > a single image in the generated TIFF file. > > Why?? For interoperability: TIFF images are used everywhere in our system and exclusively in other internal systems with which we must communicate. > > The process must be scriptable and run unattended in a Unix box. > > Your best bet in that case would be using AbiWord > (http://www.abiword.org), which can generate images of the pages > directly. Thanks, I'll look into it. > Keep in mind that the only software that can reproduce Word > files 100% is Word - so if you can't use Word, yuo need to be > prepared for less-than-perfect renditions. We realize that and we are not looking for a perfect match, just to get usable images out of the document pages. Regards, -- FGL

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