[PLUG] Unknown Document File Types
Renegade Penguin
renegadepenguin at comcast.net
Thu Aug 25 17:03:57 UTC 2005
One of the best ways I've found is to use MS Word on Windows - it will
often retrieve more file types than konq, OO, WP, etc. I'd try OO first
though.
RP
Richard C. Steffens wrote:
> I have a set of files from a Mac using friend, who isn't very
> sophisticated around computers. He composed this set of files a number
> of years ago -- well before OS-X -- and doesn't remember what word
> processor he was using at the time. It appears that there are several
> different file types involved, so he probably used different word
> processors at different times.
>
> Is there a Linux tool available that will identify what was used to
> create a document? As I look at them with Konqueror's file browser,
> some of them are described as text files, some are described as troff
> files, and the rest are described as unknown.
>
> The ones identified as text files do open as text files with Kate, but
> the text is obviously not correct. An example is:
>
> W�walke�alon�tree-line�ban� o�th�Ca�Rive�a�sunset
>
> The ones labeled troff files open with Kate and display some text as
> well as some graphic characters, like a rectangular box, sometimes
> solid, sometimes just an outline, etc. Some of the ones described as
> unknown type by Konqueror open with Kate and display normal text for
> the most part, but some display mostly rectangular boxes.
>
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