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   >> There might be utilities that could be used to extract the text out of   
   >> those formats, though.   
      
   RM>> I've used programs like that in the past. Usually you are converting   
     >> PDF files but some of them can convert image files as well. It's a   
     >> long time since I did that but a quick look online suggests that   
     >> Adobe Acrobat can do PDF files and there are a number of online   
     >> services that claim they can do it. PDF2GO mentiones converting   
     >> pictures as well as PDF's.   
      
   EV>Rob,   
     >Someone in either the Windows echo or the Windows 95 echo wrote   
     >about a program called DOPDF. I d/l'd it and learned it is a Print   
     >Driver that makes a PDF file on the HDD.   
      
   I would have mentioned that since I use that myself but creating   
   a PDF file isn't the same as extracting text out of various file   
   types so I didn't think of it.   
      
   DoPDF works qyite well though. If properly installed it works well   
   for a number of programs, most anything that can print I think..   
      
   I also for years used one called Cute PDF which is similar, but   
   probably not as up to date as DoPDF. I believe it had other   
   options built in too though. It's been a while since I used it.   
   It was more of a full program than just a Printer Driver, although   
   it was that as well I think.   
      
   If it wasn't a universal type printer driver it could be called   
   upon by other programs to save their work as a PDF.   
      
   Most of these utilities I use with a very nice, small and simple   
   Word Processor program called Jarte. I use it for almost everything   
   I do with documents. It has all the usual Word type options and   
   can save files as PDF and HTML and most Text formats if set up   
   properly, and it does spell checking and such..  a tiny program.   
      
   Sumatra PDF is another nice program I use that can do a lot of   
   things including ePub and Mobi books and such.   
      
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