On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Bob Nielsen wrote: > I'm running the stock abiword 0.7.4-1 Debian package on potato and it > shows the following "open file as" options: > > automatically detected, .abw, .rtf, .doc > > Save as does not show .doc as an option, however, so it will not write > doc files, but reads them fine.
I found a debian package of abiword on their home page. After downloading and installing it as well as installing abi-fonts from potato (which conflicted with abiword 0.7.4-1) I can also now read .doc files. Thanks for the information. Now I don't have to start Wordperfect or Staroffice if I want to read a .doc file. Johann. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Johann Spies Windsorlaan 19 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3201 Pietermaritzburg | | Tel/Faks Nr. +27 331-46-1310 Suid-Afrika (South Africa) | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." Galatians 2:20