wv is an application which AFAIK gets called up by other applications such as Abiword. So when you open a Word document in Abiword it will use wv to do the translation for you. However wv/Abiword does not support the more exotic Word features so do not expect documents to translate perfectly. Abiword is not on your Mandrake CD's but can be downloaded from www.rpmfind.net
Checkout man wvAbw man wvHtml /usr/share/doc/wv-0.7.0/README If you want to view word documents embedded in Netscape, then I think the only way to do that is with Codeweavers crossover plugin which also gives you other cool features like streaming embedded media using Windows Media Player and Quicktime. Crossover plugin is not free, but a demo version is available at www.codeweavers.com. If you want to save the Word documents and then view them in another application then StarOffice 6.0 ought to be able to do that without 'garbage', or else use OpenOffice1.0 which is basically the same as StarOffice except its free. Are you using Staroffice 6.0, or the less capable 5.2? Openoffice (pre 1.0) is on your Mandrake CD#3 HTH derek On Friday 31 May 2002 11:39 pm, dunc wrote: > Can anyone kill my frustration please? > > I have selected wv when I installed 8.2 but have not been able to > find/use the docs for this. > So unfortunately I cant try to configure or use the program and cant > seem to get it to start. > > Ideally I want to be able to get netscape 4.7 to open word docs and have > them readable. At the moment if I > save the .doc attachment and then open in say star office I just get > loads of garbage and formatting info. > > Any help would be gratefully received. > > might then be able to get the wife to dump xp. > > Regards > > Duncan Bayne
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