on Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 08:24:20PM +1000, joel_mayes@dingoblue.net.au (joel_mayes@dingoblue.net.au) wrote: > > > I'm just facing a rather "unnatural" problem: My mom uses Linux > > > and KDE for several weeks now aside Windows (same HDD!) - and > > > she's really satisfied. She does all Internet-stuff in Linux, > > > also eMail. But she often gets eMails from University with > > > "Windows-only"-attachments (M$-Word-files, ...) and she's > > Have a look at wv, a series of programs for converting M$ workd file > in to several formats, with this it's a no-brainer to write a wraper > script to allow you to view word attachments from most e-mail program This used to be wordview. There's also catdoc (MSWord to text) and antiword (MSWord to text/Postscript). AbiWord does pretty well with rendering and manipulating MS Word docs. OpenOffice is probably the gold standard for near-complete compatibility. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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