Hi Karen,

I did this once with CTRL+A and CTRL+C over WSH. Not elegant but it did the job :-)

#DEFINE WSNORMAL 1
WshShell = CreateObject([wscript.Shell])
* Winword normal startenl
WshShell.Run([WinWord],WSNORMAL)
* CTRL+a
WshShell.SendKeys([^a])
* STRG+c
WshShell.SendKeys([^c])
* ALT+F4
WshShell.SendKeys([%{F4}])
* Now everything is to be found in _cliptext
?_cliptext

>I would like to convert .doc into plain text - i have opened the doc - how can i transfer the text to my m.txt file? Perhaps there is a more direct route than the one i have started.
>
>many thanks
>k
>
>

>objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
>objWord.Documents.Open ("C:\mydirectory\mydata.doc")
>objWord.visible = .F.
>
>??? move text to m.txt
>
>modify file m.txt
>