Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 11:58:14 -0500 From: Mike Galvez <mrg8n@virginia.edu> To: stan <stanb@awod.com> Cc: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: is there a msword reader in ports? Message-ID: <20020206115814.D70132@mail.virginia.edu> In-Reply-To: <20020206154507.GA13279@teddy.fas.com>; from stanb@awod.com on Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 10:45:07AM -0500 References: <20020206154507.GA13279@teddy.fas.com>
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Check out antiword in /usr/ports/textproc/antiword I use it in mutt to read word documents. It works pretty well unless the document contains macros. HTH Mike On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 10:45:07AM -0500, stan wrote: > I've decided to use fetchmail to retrieve my company mail onto my work > FreeBSD workstation. > > Unfortunately some of it is in msword format. I'm using mutt as a reader, > and it's pretty smart about using external programs to read files. > > So, is there a msword reader, that I can use? In ports preferably. > > -- > "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve > neither liberty nor safety." > -- Benjamin Franklin > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Michael Galvez Information Technology Specialist III E-Mail: mrg8n@nospam.virginia.edu University of Virginia Office: 434-982-2975 Aquadextrous, adj.: Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub faucet on and off with your toes. -- Rich Hall, "Sniglets" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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