Reading DOC files

[Bill Cavalieri]

I use StarOffice 6.0 (free for schools for $75) you can also use
OpenOffice 1.0 (free), and I'm able to read 99% of the docs sent to me.

I setup Mozilla to use Star as the application for rtf and docs and
Mozilla auto launches it when needed.

Star/Open Office is not like Star Office 5.2, it much faster.

Another alternative is Abiword, but I have found it not quite at good at
importing doc files as star/open.

-Bill

On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 14:55, zscoundrel wrote:
> Does anyone know of an application or plug in for netscape/mozilla that 
> will properly read and display *.doc files or alternately, software 
> convert them to post script files for printing?
> 
> The principal at my sons' school insists on e-mailing multi-page word 
> files to all the parents instead of putting it on a server and mailing a 
> link.  The superintendent of the school district posts her info on the 
> web, but apparently this woman is too dumb or too stubborn (or is an 
> ignorant windoze bigot) and refuses to follow her bosses lead!
> 
> I have star office 5.2, but it is such a resource hog and is fairly slow 
> to load on my older machine.  I was looking for something quicker and 
> less cumbersome than the download/run soffice/exit/delete file/delete 
> note process.
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