text mode pdf and msword reader?

[Sandip P Deshmukh <deshmukh@escortsmumbai.com>]

hello all

from a gui die-hard, i have started using console extensively. mutt, vim
and all :) much faster - i must say.

off and on, i get mail having pdf files and word documents as
attachments. i have to run x and use xpdf and abiword for these.

are there any utilities that will let me read pdf files and word
documents in console?

-- 
regards,
 
sandip p deshmukh
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Ballistophobia:
	Fear of bullets;
Otophobia:
	Fear of opening one's eyes.
Peccatophobia:
	Fear of sinning.
Taphephobia:
	Fear of being buried alive.
Sitophobia:
	Fear of food.
Trichophobbia:
	Fear of hair.
Vestiphobia:
	Fear of clothing.