Re: reading MS word files



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On 10/30/06 12:51, Douglas Tutty wrote:
I understand that to __edit__ MS word files, the only fully functional
option is OpenOffice.

However, to just read properly .doc files that people email me thinking
that its the only format around, what works? I need not just the text
but collumns, tables, images, the works.

Is there a way to convert them to PS and view with gv?

Which DE (or WM) do you use? AbiWord and/or KWord also work,
depending on the complexity of the documents.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA

Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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