Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 12:55:52 -0400 From: Andrew J Caines <A.J.Caines@halplant.com> To: FreeBSD Question Mailing List <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Editor for Word files Message-ID: <20020803165552.GB85183@hal9000.halplant.com> In-Reply-To: <200208030022.g730MGL39351@tierzero.apana.org.au> References: <20020802174119.X46138-100000@216-164-225-145.c3-0.wth-ubr2.sbo-wth.ma.cable.rcn.com> <200208030022.g730MGL39351@tierzero.apana.org.au>
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Christopher > Anybody know of a text based editor that I can just view and/or > edit Microsoft Word documents? While I eschew all things MS, I believe that Word docs are described in XML nowadays, which means the actual file is readable as text and therefore can be viewed directly with any editor. If you want to get the text out of a Word doc so you can edit it as a text document, take a look at "antiword" (/usr/ports/textproc/antiword) - a .doc to .txt translator. If you're looking for a word processor which can read and manipulate .doc files, then look into OpenOffice, StarOffice or AbiWord, all as various versions in ports. Make sure to read the archives on these programs for important details. Of course I urge you to not perpetuate the backward and indefensible practice of exchanging information in proprietary document formats. -Andrew- -- _______________________________________________________________________ | -Andrew J. Caines- Unix Systems Engineer A.J.Caines@halplant.com | | "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary | | safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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