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On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 11:39:19PM -0700, sulie halim wrote:
> how can we view/open files in freebsd? e.g write.doc,
> write.txt or write.ppt?

To just view .doc files from the commandline, you can also try
textproc/catdoc.

Abiword (editors/abiword) can also edit Word files, but has
difficulties with some documents that work fine with openoffice.

I routinely exchange  Powerpoint presentations (*.ppt) between
Powerpoint and Openoffice with only minor problems.

HTH,

Christopher