in reply to parsing a table
RTF Specifications changed with each release of Word; the latest appears to be 1.9.1. There are links from the Wikipedia article to the specifications. There are lots of RTF Packages which may assist you; I suggest RTF::Parser and a quick browse of The RTF Cookbook may assist.
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