advantage:
after treating, you can read ps file.
disadvantages:
all pictures, tables, indexes etc. vanish.
ps files come with the real text closed into brackets,
like this:
lksjdhf(real)o(text)g(clo)t(sed)z(in)o(bracke)g(ts.)
You see that sometimes words are torn apart.
You also see that the words usually are separated by
other )x( combinations than the word-separating )y(.
So the trick is
1 first smash all )x( to put all words together.
This is easy done by simply replacing them by nothing.
2 Throw away all (, ), and the text in between ) and (.
This is the hard task. Use the following trick:
2a Set the beginnings of the real words to a new line,
by replacing all "(" with "(^a" in Winword.
2b Set all ends of real words on the end of a new line,
by replacing all ")" with "^a)" in Winword.
2c Define all paragraphs which contain ( or ) as Layout
Useless. (If it does not exist, create it, or use
some other.)
2d Throw away all paragraphs with Layout Useless.
2e Replace all ^a by " " (Space).
2f To have any paragraphs, you can replace all ". "
(period + space) by ". ^a" (period + space + paragraph).
2g \014 stands for ligated f+i. Word can do no ligations,
so better replace "\014" by "fi".
Tips and Tricks
A Break down your PS file in Parts of max. 50 kByte, or get
grey hair while you are waiting for Winword.
B Save after each step into another file, f.e. *.PT1, *.PU1,
etc.
C Process the Parts *.PS2, *.PS3, etc., while you are reading
*.PS1
D Write a macro which does the job for you.
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