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* Unable to edit .doc files - SOS
@ 2004-09-01  1:09 kxorrao
  2004-09-01  8:03 ` Gian Uberto Lauri
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From: kxorrao @ 2004-09-01  1:09 UTC (permalink / raw)



	Hello, Everybody

	My machine runs Linux Woody Debian and Emacs20; I don't get to edit .doc  
files on Emacs20, what should I do? Please, I urge this notice!

	Sincerely Yours
	Luiz
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* Re: Unable to edit .doc files - SOS
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@ 2004-09-01  2:29 ` Pascal Bourguignon
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From: Pascal Bourguignon @ 2004-09-01  2:29 UTC (permalink / raw)


kxorrao <lzbell@ig.com.br> writes:

> 	Hello, Everybody
> 
> 	My machine runs Linux Woody Debian and Emacs20; I don't get to
> edit .doc  files on Emacs20, what should I do? Please, I urge this
> notice!
> 
> 	Sincerely Yours
> 	Luiz

Quite easy.  Install the antiword package and run:

antiword example.doc > new.doc && mv new.doc example.doc && emacs example.doc


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* Unable to edit .doc files - SOS
  2004-09-01  1:09 kxorrao
@ 2004-09-01  8:03 ` Gian Uberto Lauri
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Gian Uberto Lauri @ 2004-09-01  8:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  Cc: help-gnu-emacs

>>>>> "k" == kxorrao  <lzbell@ig.com.br> writes:

k> 	Hello, Everybody

k> 	My machine runs Linux Woody Debian and Emacs20; I don't get to
k> edit .doc files on Emacs20, what should I do? Please, I urge this
k> notice!

I think you need Open Office to edit those closed-format documents.

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