[aklug] Re: View docx files

Openxml viewer does not need access to net so I doubt it relies on googledoc=
s, though the opposite may be true.....

On Sep 4, 2010, at 11:52 PM, Jim Gribbin <jimgribbin@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm pretty sure the Firefox addons just make use of Google Docs ...
>=20
>=20
> On Sat, 2010-09-04 at 19:26 -0800, barsalou wrote:
>> Quoting jonr@destar.net:
>>=20
>>> Quoting barsalou <barjunk@attglobal.net>:
>>>=20
>>>> 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.
>>>>=20
>>>> I've googled around a bit and have found some references to conversion
>>>> sites and of course, links to OpenOffice.
>>>>=20
>>>> Has anyone ran across a way to just view docx files without the entire
>>>> overhead of OpenOffice?
>>> Have you looked at Abiword or Antiword?
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>>> Jon
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>> antiword didn't open the docx style file, abiword did open it, but the =20=

>> numbering of paragraphs got lost. Didn't matter in this case, but =20
>> just wanted folks to be aware.
>>=20
>> I'm going to try and find one of those firefox add ons, and see what =20
>> that might offer.
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>> Mike B.
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Received on Sun Sep 5 09:16:39 2010