How do I read/edit an MS WORD (.doc) file
For reading or editing Microsoft Word (.doc) files, you have four
main options:
Open Office is a large, sturdy application which can read and save
Word and other MS Office documents in a Windows-like environment, so
that is probably the best choice. Please be patient because it may
take over a minute to load, and be sure to quit it when you are done.
OpenOffice.org runs on Sun and Linux machines:
athena% add ooffice
athena% ooffice &
Abiword is a program that loads quickly, though does not render files
as well as OpenOffice.org does. It is available on both Solaris and
Linux machines:
athena% add abiword
athena% abiword
If you happen to be familiar with Frame Maker, it can also read and
write MS Word files, sometimes with less accuracy. FrameMaker only
runs on Suns (not Linux):
athena% add frame
athena% maker &
If you are only interested in reading the document quickly, mswordview
is a command that converts the MS Word document to an html file of the
same name in the same directory, which you can then view in a web
browser. This program may not work well with some versions of Word
files.
athena% add consult
athena% mswordview ~/FILE.doc
athena% htmlview ~/FILE.doc.html
Last updated: $Date: 2005/01/09 16:33:30 $
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