From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 1 03:51:54 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 043C516A420 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 03:51:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6C6313C4A3 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 03:51:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id lA13D7ir071719; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:13:07 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) with ESMTP id lA13D7Db071716; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:13:07 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:13:07 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: spellberg_robert In-Reply-To: <47291DE1.6010302@emailrob.com> Message-ID: <20071031210408.W71657@wonkity.com> References: <47291DE1.6010302@emailrob.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:13:07 -0600 (MDT) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: extracting 7_bit_ascii from ms_word files X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:51:54 -0000 On Thu, 1 Nov 2007, spellberg_robert wrote: > my application is to exchange text files, by e_mail, > with someone who thinks ms products are the be_all and end_all > i am not looking for something wonderful, > just reasonably competent and reasonably current. > if, in addition to my desired direction, > i can convert a 7_bit_ascii to a ".doc" file for his benefit, > that's some further whining that i can avoid. AbiWord and OpenOffice.org will both read and write Word .doc files. OO is larger and probably more capable of handling weird things to be found in a .doc file. AbiWord is smaller and quicker and will likely handle everyday .doc files fine. If the files you send can be read-only, consider using PDF. > while 6.2 and, soon, 7.x are de rigeur, > if it works on 4.11 [ very long story ], that's a plus. You may find old packages for either AbiWord or OpenOffice.org, but I don't know where to look. For the best support, you should consider upgrading to either 6.2 or 7.0. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA