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If you just want to view documents look at "antiword".  It' basically
will strip the crap and print out the text to console/CLI.  When I need
to modify or send I use OpenOffice.org, it works very well.


Thus spake James P. Kinney III (jkinney at localnetsolutions.com):

> AbiWord can read stuff that OpenOffice chokes on. Try OpenOffice first.
> If it fails, open it in AbiWord and save it again. Then OpenOffice can
> handle it just fine.
> 
> If AbiWord can't open it, it may be password locked. So far, none of the
> FOSS applications I have seen can handle the M$ password lock on a .doc
> file. In that case, you need something like CodeWeavers and a copy of M$
> Office.
> 
> On Mon, 2004-09-13 at 09:38, David Corbin wrote:
> > What's the best way to VIEW MS Word Documents on linux (Gentoo, KDE)?  Please 
> > refrain from the various snide remarks. Some corporations are just slow to 
> > change :)
> > 
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