[plug] reading word documents

[The Thought Assassin]

On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Bret Busby wrote:
> The Thought Assassin wrote:
> > On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Matt Kemner wrote:
> > > On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Edward Doernberg wrote:
> > > > is ther a linux program that can read word 97 files.
> > > If you just want to read them, there is one called "mswordview"...
> > Which apparently has now become "wv".
<Snipped tales of woe>

> Personally, I just use Star Office...
Didn't seem worth downloading and installing such a behemoth in order to
convert 5 small word files. In hindsight, I think if I'd known I'd bring X
to its knees, the vw route wouldn't have seemed worth it, either. :)

-Greg