Re: reading MS word files

Ron Johnson wrote:
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On 10/31/06 05:07, steef wrote:
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?

openoffice 2.0.4

OP's point is that OOo is *really* thick and wasteful, just for
reading email.

that's right.

(Of course, if you just leave it running all the time, minimized,
that would be fast. It would still be using lots-o-RAM, and if the
machine is on the low-RAM side, that might be wasteful.

mmm...that's right too.

yet i keep using openoffice for professional reasons. never had a problem with the program with 'tho outside world' reading my emails or, more important, my writings and vice-versa.

and, with calculus i keep books for our (small but good running) business and can convert them files in whatever i want.

regards,

steef


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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