On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 06:33:27PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2008-04-04 17:57 +0200, John Hasler wrote: > > > Douglas writes: > >> My niece sends some of her schoolwork to my wife (e.g. essays) for her to > >> read. First she sent .doc files which I can't access properly (no, I do > >> no run OO) > > > > Try Abiword. > > s/b/nt/ :-) > > No complex library dependencies, no X necessary, startup time close to > zero, and the text from your M$ document is displayed just fine. > Antiword can also generate Postscript or HTML output.
I know about antiword and have it. It still misses some things which is why I asked her to send plain text. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
