Save Word as Text

Converts a Microsoft® Word document to a text file.
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Updated 1 Sep 2016

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It uses the ActiveX® interface of Microsoft® Word to open a Word document and save it as a text file. Tweaking the code in this function can make it save as HTML or RTF instead.

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Matthew Simoneau (2026). Save Word as Text (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/2668-save-word-as-text), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Created with R13
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1.1.0.1

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1.0.0.0