From: ericksoda@earthlink.net   
      
   Thanks for your help.  I have tried this and it works okay, but very slowly.   
   I thought that was going to be okay, until I talked to the user again and   
   found out there are actually more than 100,000 documents to process.   
      
   What I need to do is:   
   1. Read the doc file   
   2. extract account number, name, and date   
   3. convert to RTF   
   4. Add an HL7 wrapper around the RTF file   
   5. save into the application's HL7 inbox.   
      
   Is there a package that will allow me to open a .doc file more quickly than   
   word automation?   
      
   Thanks again!   
      
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