From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Mar 26 11:25:19 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA12634 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 11:25:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from alpha.xerox.com (alpha.Xerox.COM [13.1.64.93]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA12523; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 11:24:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.sdsp.mc.xerox.com ([13.231.132.18]) by alpha.xerox.com with SMTP id <15813(4)>; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 11:23:29 PST Received: from gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com (gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com [13.231.133.90]) by www.sdsp.mc.xerox.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA03926; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 14:21:18 -0500 (EST) Received: by gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com (4.1/client-1.3) id AA11888; Wed, 26 Mar 97 14:20:58 EST Message-Id: <9703261920.AA11888@gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0gamma 1/27/96 To: Michael Smith Cc: johnp@lodgenet.com (John Prince), se@freebsd.org, spaz@u.washington.edu, jkh@time.cdrom.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MSWord docs... In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 20 Mar 1997 15:36:16 PST." <199703202336.KAA09871@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 11:20:57 PST From: "Marty Leisner" Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > John Prince stands accused of saying: > > How does that help with word95 and the office 97 stuff.. > > Most windows machines shipped today do not ship with word6.x. > > Word 7 is Word 6 with different icons, basically. The file format > and structure are the same. > > -- Is there anything which explains the format for a word document? Can word6 be viewed on dos? (is there a dos reader for word6 documents?) -- marty leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com The Feynman problem solving Algorithm 1) Write down the problem 2) Think real hard 3) Write down the answer Murray Gel-mann in the NY Times