From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 25 14:50:43 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77FC837B400 for ; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:50:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from boris.st.hmc.edu (boris.ST.HMC.Edu [134.173.63.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D5D043E4A for ; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:50:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jeff@boris.st.hmc.edu) Received: from boris.st.hmc.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by boris.st.hmc.edu (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g6PLoeLL078762; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:50:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (jeff@localhost) by boris.st.hmc.edu (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) with ESMTP id g6PLoedT078759; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:50:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jeff@boris.st.hmc.edu) Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:50:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Jirsa To: Peter Leftwich Cc: FreeBSD LIST Subject: Re: pdf, *.doc; Java and jvm and flash In-Reply-To: <20020725173616.Y66491-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> Message-ID: <20020725144413.J78725-100000@boris.st.hmc.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter on boris.st.hmc.edu Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Peter Leftwich wrote: > my newest problem is needing a *.DOC file > reader. Micro$oft themselves offer a free reader download but for Windows. > > Having failed the process of installing openoffice and not wishing to shell > out $75 just yet for StarOffice, does anyone have a read-only .doc solution? Try openoffice (basically star office, minus a few parts you'll never use) /usr/ports/editors/openoffice Hope that helps, - Jeff Jirsa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message