[Israel.pm] ms/word from perl on unix

[David Baird]

> is there any module equivalent to 
> Spreadsheet::WriteExcel 
> Spreadsheet::ParseExcel 
> 
> on unix which can do the same with ms/word

Perhaps you could use OpenOffice to do this:

1. Download the OpenOffice SD. Look for examples > java > ... >
DocumentConverter.java. This is a java program which can convert an MS
Word document to an OpenOffice .sxw file.

2. Take a look at the OpenOffice-OODoc modules on CPAN.

-David