E.L. Meijer Eric" wrote:
> >
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > I want to work with Linux but where I am, I am the only one.
> > Does anybody know if there are programmes to assure compatibility between
> > emacs (or another editor) and MS Word ? Even under licence, not only free.
> > Or maybe somehow using Netscape as text editor ?
> > After all we can not build a wall to separate the world in MS users and
> > Linux users.
>
> We don't. Microsoft builds this wall by keeping their formats secret
> and changing them twice every year. Anyway, Word should be able to
> read plain text files generated by emacs. You may have to use the
> unix2dos program to change from unix to dos/windows line breaking
> style. For other formats, look into Staroffice or Applixware, which
> both are capable of spitting out some kind of Word format (or even
> Wordperfect for linux).
mswordview can read Word formats and convert to html.
-Mitch
BTW - the Office file formats are published, they are just complicated
and change every couple of years.
