How do I convert LaTeX to plain-text (ASCII)?

Question

Scenario:
I have a document I created using LaTeX (my resume in this case), it\'s compiling in pdflatex correctly and outputting exactly what I\'

Answer 1

When I needed to get the plain text from my TEX file for indexing and searching, I found LaTeX2RTF to be a good solution - it has an installer and GUI for windows, and it produced a RTF file of my 50 pages thesis that I could open in Word.