[aklug] Re: View docx files

I'm pretty sure the Firefox addons just make use of Google Docs ...

On Sat, 2010-09-04 at 19:26 -0800, barsalou wrote:
> Quoting jonr@destar.net:
>
> > Quoting barsalou <barjunk@attglobal.net>:
> >
> >> I'm looking for alternate ways to view docx files on my Linux laptop.
> >> OpenOffice opens them just fine, but because the laptop I'm using is
> >> memory starved, it tends to take a little while.
> >>
> >> I've googled around a bit and have found some references to conversion
> >> sites and of course, links to OpenOffice.
> >>
> >> Has anyone ran across a way to just view docx files without the entire
> >> overhead of OpenOffice?
> > Have you looked at Abiword or Antiword?
> >
> > Jon
>
> antiword didn't open the docx style file, abiword did open it, but the
> numbering of paragraphs got lost. Didn't matter in this case, but
> just wanted folks to be aware.
>
> I'm going to try and find one of those firefox add ons, and see what
> that might offer.
>
> Mike B.
>
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Received on Sat Sep 4 23:52:56 2010