Big programs like staroffice and wp8 can handle it with no problem. I havn't got time
to try the following one, but it sounds like what you want. ii catdoc 0.33-3 MS-Word to TeX or plain text converter Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 13 Apr 1999, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I've a nasty feeling the answer is going to be "no", but I wonder whether > > there is any way to convert or read a Word 7 file on linux? > > > > Or do I have to borrow a Windows machine and convert it to txt? > > > > > > > Thanks to all who replied about this. A lot of you suggested WP8 but I was > unable to get this to install, possibly because it doesn't work with kernel > 2.2.x. Anyway, I don't think it's worth the amount of disk space it would > take (I like vim/latex). > > Strings is a good idea; I hadn't heard of it previously. I'll give it a go. > > Anthony > > -- > Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.1 (Windows-free zone) > Book Reviews: www.achc.demon.co.uk/bookreviews/ > > "The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, > Moves on..." - Edward Fitzgerald (Rubaiat of Omar Khayyam) > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- ____________________________________________________________________________ Shao Zhang - Running Debian 2.1 ___ _ _____ Department of Communications / __| |_ __ _ ___ |_ / |_ __ _ _ _ __ _ University of New South Wales \__ \ ' \/ _` / _ \ / /| ' \/ _` | ' \/ _` | Sydney, Australia |___/_||_\__,_\___/ /___|_||_\__,_|_||_\__, | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |___/ _____________________________________________________________________________
