From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from rwcrmhc52.attbi.com ([216.148.227.88]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17KKd8-0005dT-00 for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 11:10:51 -0400 Received: from mycomputer ([24.62.39.2]) by rwcrmhc52.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020618151021.UKKF2751.rwcrmhc52.attbi.com@mycomputer> for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 15:10:21 +0000 Message-ID: <004b01c216d9$f05aec00$01273e18@mycomputer> From: "Igor Gueths" To: References: Subject: Re: Question about antiword Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 11:08:01 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi. In my case I just use catdoc to convert to ascii text and use = magicfilter to convert it into the deskjet format.=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: 'Georgina' To: Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 7:09 AM Subject: Re: Question about antiword=20 > Hi >=20 > Well I missed your post. I guess that the file is related to language > and character sets, going by the name of the file. I've got antiword > installed and it works very nicely. I've just looked and there are no > dependencies relating to character sets. Have you installed locale? > Perhaps, your using a newer version? >=20 > apt-cache show antiword > Package: antiword > Priority: optional > Section: text > Installed-Size: 500 > Maintainer: Bdale Garbee > Architecture: i386 > Version: 0.32-2 > Depends: libc6 (>=3D 2.2.4-4) > Filename: pool/main/a/antiword/antiword_0.32-2_i386.deb > Size: 88490 > MD5sum: 7c19befb191b9a5a88e77a7e87310d3e > Description: Converts MS Word files to text and ps > Antiword is a free MS Word reader. > . > It converts the binary files from MS Word 6, 7, 97 and 2000 to text = and > Postscript. >=20 > Gena >=20 >=20 >=20 > Blindness Advocacy and Self Help Online www.bashonline.org >=20 > >Hi Dave. I posted about this a while ago and I got no response. I = have =3D > >extensively tested that application, and its broken. I now use a = program =3D > >called catdoc. I forget where you get it, but just do a google search = on =3D > >it. Catdoc works much like cat, and it spits out the text portion of = =3D > >your word document to standard output, which in my case is redirected = to =3D > >a txt file.=3D20 > >----- Original Message -----=3D20 > >From: Dave Hunt < > >To: > >Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 5:29 PM > >Subject: Question about antiword > > > > > >> Hi, > >>=3D20 > >> I just installed this, and tried decoding a Word 2000 file. The > >> program's looking for something called its "mapping file", named > >> "8859-1.txt". Any suggestions? > >>=3D20 > >> -Dave > >>=3D20 > >>=3D20 > >>=3D20 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Speakup mailing list > >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup