Re: Print Driver to Word.doc
G'Day Bill,
> boss has a nut on, and wants everything in .DOC format......
Well Bill, you got a problem......
DOC is a Microsoft proprietary format for DOCUMENTS created in
Word.
Some other Word Processors (e.g. Open/Star Office) will 'save as'
to DOC format.
Programs that are NOT word processors (e.g. Microsoft Excel or
Microsoft Access etc) can not realistically save to DOC format
(although Access reports can be sent to Word).
As you have already found, third party products do their own thing.
Sometimes you can print to a text file, and then open in Word - a
lot of work for a nonsensical whim.
Ask him for the business case for DOC format, and try to give him
an alternative - e.g. XML.
Good luck!
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Regards,
Pat Garard
Melbourne, Australia
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"Bill" wrote in message
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>I can find all kinds of Print drivers that convert the output to PDF. But my
> boss has a nut on, and wants everything in .DOC format. This is hard to do
> with programs that do not support data export just the print option.
>
> I have for years save configuration information from servers and such in
> PDF, but now what can I do!?! HELP ME PLEASE... Is there a print driver that
> outputs DOC.
>
> Thanks
> Bill
date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:44:00 +1000
author: Pat Garard apgarardATbigpondDOTnetDOTau
