Francisco Borneo wrote: > At 18:39 09/04/02 +0100, Alan wrote: > >if you mean can you open .abw documents without having abiword the answer > >is basically no. > > If you want to uninstall aw and retain your files, save them in .rtf, > delete aw and, maybe, you'll be able to open them in Atlantis, Word, > Staroffice and so on. I guess...
I'm not sure of the intent of the original poster -- you've received at least two correct answers. A third answer is that you can open the .abw files with an ordinary text editor -- of course you will see all the XML tags within <angle brackets>. But, you see your text as well. (And, in essence, this is a variety (or precursor?) of the "view codes" option that some have requested. Randy Kramer ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
