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From: tony@tui.marcam.dsir.govt.nz (Tony Cooper)
Subject: How can I extract text from a PICT?
Message-ID: <1991Jun6.141300.5216@am.dsir.govt.nz>
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Reply-To: sramtrc@albert.dsir.govt.nz
Organization: Applied Mathematics Group D.S.I.R.
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 91 14:13:00 GMT

I want to extract a table of numbers from a PICT file without typing in all
the numbers by hand. The best way I have so far is to change the file to a
TEXT file and edit it by hand. The numbers are in there surrounded by junk.
I was wondering if anyone knew a good way of doing this automatically.

The nearest I have found is that MacDraw II can spell check the PICT and
it checks all the text to do it. If I could persuade it to save all the
text into a file that would do the trick.

Thanks,
Tony Cooper
sramtrc@albert.dsir.govt.nz