vi(m) problem

[Matthew Valites]

Dan,

>in dumping plain text files from .doc files using open
>office, i find that certain punctuation marks show up
>as hard to find sequences when i attempt to edit the
>file using vi (actually vim).
>  
>
Try running the file through a utility called dos2unix.  Depending on 
your distro you should have it available already.  If not, I'm sure 
google will give you a link or two from which to get it.

~Matt