Convert doc to text

Conversion of doc file format to text file format ^beta

Search for doc to text converter or software able to handle these file types.

Found 2 different conversion types using the same filename extensions.

You can simply copy and paste the text from a opened Word document (.doc) to a common text editor and save it as plain text format. (typically .txt). But of course most word processors should be able to that as well and you can even find converters that support such doc to text conversion.

Conversion doc to text type 1:

Convert from Microsoft Word document (prior version 2007) to Simple text file.

Microsoft Windows software - convert doc to text on Windows

ABC Amber Text Converter

A text format conversion utility

File extension	File type (from-> to)	Convert	Open	Save	Edit	Create	Import	Export	Extract
Convert from doc file	Microsoft Word document (prior version 2007)	Yes, ABC Amber Text Converter supports doc file conversion as a source file type.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
to text file	Simple text file	Yes, ABC Amber Text Converter supports text file conversion as a target file type.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No

The tables with software actions are a good pointer for what a certain program does with various file types and often may give users a good hint how to perform certain file conversion, for example the above-mentioned doc to text. However, it is not perfect and sometimes can show results which are not really usable because of how certain programs work with files and the possible conversion is thus actually not possible at all.

Additional links: Open doc file, Open text file

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