[ale] MS Word viewer

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Mon Sep 13 14:01:46 EDT 2004


Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
> On Monday 13 September 2004 10:37 am, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
>>David Corbin wrote:
>>
>>>What's the best way to VIEW MS Word Documents on linux (Gentoo, KDE)? 
>>>Please refrain from the various snide remarks. Some corporations are just
>>>slow to change :)
>>
>>OpenOffice or cxoffice (which would require an M$ office license).
>>There used to be a word viewer for Linux, but I don't recall seeing it
>>of late.
> 
> 
> I would amend that.  cxoffice and MSWordView work great. without any MS Office 
> license required.  It won't let you edit, but the request was for a way to 
> view.
> 
> If you want to edit, I agree with Jim: OpenOffice is first choise, abiword is 
> second.

I sit corrected.. :)

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey       Registered Linux User #108567
                             AT&T Certified UNIX System Programmer - 1995



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