Re: VBA to open attachments and extract text

YOu would have to use methods appropriate to the specific file type to read its text. At this point, only you know what kind of files those are.

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"iainmo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
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> Hi all
> I'm a new convert to VBAing in Office applications. Latest project is
> to save some attachments from certain emails in a specific folder in
> Outlook to a specific folder on C:, open the attachment, 'read' the
> text there and extract only the text of a certain style. Am I being too
> ambitious?!
> I've managed to do the part I save the attachments I want to a
> particular folder but I'm having problems reading the text in the
> attachment. I haven't seen anything on the web to allow copying of a
> particular style of text either.
> Can anyone point me in the right direction please?
>
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