Printing from a Command Line

R

Rodger

How can I print a .doc file from a DOS prompt or any other means without
opening Word.
 
D

Dian D. Chapman, MVP

To learn about the Print command, you can go to a command prompt
(Start > Run type cmd and hit enter) and type HELP and hit enter.
However, that is for printing text files. Word docs are a proprietary
format. So trying to print them as a text file will give you
gibberish.

If you don't have Word, you can download the Word Viewer to print it.
Get it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...87-8732-48d5-8689-ab826e7b8fdf&DisplayLang=en

Or you can open it in Word pad...see this TechTrax article for
details...

http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=504

Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant
Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified
Editor/TechTrax Ezine

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