From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.4.60]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18uaqL-0007Yk-00 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2003 11:18:37 -0500 Received: from 208-59-175-194.c3-0.slvr-ubr2.lnh-slvr.md.cable.rcn.com ([208.59.175.194] helo=computer.ACB.org) by smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #4) id 18uaqI-00022o-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 16 Mar 2003 11:18:34 -0500 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20030316111437.024f5770@198.144.194.210> X-Sender: ccrawford@198.144.194.210 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 11:18:54 -0500 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Charles Crawford Subject: Re: word documents In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 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: You can tell the "Prof" in class to convert the ms-word files to text. I would assume someone with the brains to become a professor has the minimum amount of smarts to convert a file. Janina knows about reading PDF files. I believe we should be telling purveyors of PDF to include TXT or HTML files of the same materials. maybe they will get the message? Well, maybe not. Guess I have to convert the message to PDF first? Grin. -- charlie. At 12:06 AM 03/16/2003 -0700, you wrote: >Hello all, >A couple of questions. Is there any way to read a word document in Linux? >Yes I know it's a propriotary format, but that's what my prof in class >is using. Second, is there a way to read a PDF? > >-- >Joseph C. Lininger >jbahm@pcdesk.net > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup