Opening .doc files (Was Re: [olug] icons)

[Eric Pierce]

Here's 2 more quick 'n dirty way to open .doc files.

#1 Antiword (www.winfield.demon.nl)
antiword <filename>

#2 Antiword and GV (GV should be available in most distros)
antiword -p letter filename.doc | gv -antialias -

Eric Pierce

--- "OBrien, Timothy  (Omaha Linux Users Group - OLUG)" <IrishMASMS at olug.org>
wrote:
> 
> <quote who="Nathan Brown">
> > Ok! I just got an email with a newsletter for our archery club that i'm
> > supposed to put on the website for said club... in windows it is always
> > opened by MS WORD.   In Linux it wont' open or i don't know how to open
> > it.
> >
> > This is what i meant by needing help and lots of it.... What do I use to
> > open  a file that normally would open in WORD.
> 
> Nate - you missed the monthly meeting last Tuesday eh? CM Miller did a
> superb presentation on killer apps for Linux - which included Open Office.
> 
> Open Office is the answer to your question - as well as telling your
> archery club to stop sending out nonstandard attachments to their members.
> Or even better, why even make an attachment - put the newsletter into the
> email!
> 
> --
> Timothy "Irish" O'Brien
> Publicity & Social activities chairperson
> Omaha Linux User's Group (OLUG)
> ----------------------------------------------
> A: No.
> Q: Should I include e-mail quotations after my reply?
> =====================================================
> An often repeated quote on news.admin.net-abuse.email:
> <I>
> "Spam is not about content, it is about consent".
> </i>
> 
> 
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