Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 13:08:32 +0300 (IDT) From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@cs.technion.ac.il> To: Ada T Lim <ada@not-enough.bandwidth.org> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MS Word documents (was: Advice sought on PnP configuration) Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95-heb-2.07.970731130750.8361A-100000@csd> In-Reply-To: <199707310925.TAA08099@polya.blah.org>
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On Thu, 31 Jul 1997, Ada T Lim wrote: > > Has anybody investigated what it would take to convert MS Word to a > > portable format? So much stuff is sent in it nowadays, even by people > > who should know better. Is it that difficult? If somebody can point > > me to some format documentation, I'm prepared to have a hack at it. > > If you _really_ need to read word files, StarOffice (in the ports collection) > will do in a pinch. > > I think there's something out there that converts word to rtf, and I know > there's rtf->html There's also an rtf->LaTeX converter in the ports. Haven't put it to heavy use, but it may be worth a try too. > > Ada > Nadav
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