Thanks for the post. What I'm really trying to do is
print using the "styles" option to a file I can read and
then cut-and-paste selected portions into another
document, or e-mail to someone. So, I'm after the styles
rather than just the document content.
Don
Hi, Don,
What you're asking for is not possible. A print file is the result of
running Word's "view" of the document through the printer driver, and the
result isn't remotely recognizable except to the printer's firmware. Even a
different printer won't know what to make of it -- the data is specific to
the printer whose driver was used to produce it.
Follow Jean-Guy's advice -- just open the document in Word and cut-and-paste
from there. To keep the style of the original, make sure you include the
paragraph mark at the end of each paragraph. This will definitely work
document-to-document. Whether it works for email depends on what email
client you use. Outlook understands Word formatting, but most others don't,
so you'd have to include a Word document as an attachment.

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> Thanks for the post. What I'm really trying to do is
> print using the "styles" option to a file I can read and
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See Graham Mayor's response.
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Thanks for the post. What I'm really trying to do is
print using the "styles" option to a file I can read and
then cut-and-paste selected portions into another
document, or e-mail to someone. So, I'm after the styles
rather than just the document content.
Don
>-----Original Message-----
>Bonjour,
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>|| I want to print to a file rather than the printer and
then
>|| open the file in Word. I choose the "print ro file"
option
>|| and a file is generated with the .prn extension. But
when
>|| I open the file in Word, all I see is unreadable info.
>|| Sooo, how can I open a .prn file in Word?
>
>You don't.
>A *.prn format contains information the printer driver
can read, not Word.
>Why don't you just open the Word document itself (*.doc)?
>
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kahkaha - 11 Mar 2006 10:42 GMT
there is a program called Fragmore Raw Print, may be downloaded from this
link http://www.frogmorecs.com/Download/SetupFRP.exe
I think it can print raw, postscript files