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. However, most word processors should be able to that as well and you can even find converters that support this conversion.
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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.
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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Conversion doc to text type 2:
Convert from Document file to Simple text file.
Microsoft Windows software - convert doc to text on Windows
ABC Amber Text Converter
A text format conversion utility
Additional links: Open doc file, Open text file
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