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ANTIWORD(1)		      Linux User's Manual		   ANTIWORD(1)

NAME
       antiword - show the text and images of MS Word documents

SYNOPSIS
       antiword [ options ] wordfiles

DESCRIPTION
       Antiword is an application that displays the text and the images of Mi‐
       crosoft Word documents.
       A wordfile named - stands for a Word document read  from	 the  standard
       input.
       Only  documents	made  by  MS Word version 2 and version 6 or later are
       supported.

OPTIONS
       -a papersize
	      Output in Adobe PDF form. Printable on paper  of	the  specified
	      size:  10x14,  a3, a4, a5, b4, b5, executive, folio, legal, let‐
	      ter, note, quarto, statement or tabloid.

       -f     Output in formatted text form. That  means  that	bold  text  is
	      printed  like *bold*, italics like /italics/ and underlined text
	      as _underlined_.

       -h     Give a help message.

       -i image level
	      The image level determines how images will be shown.

	      0: Use non-standard extensions from Ghostscript. This output may
		 not print on any PostScript printer, but is useful in case no
		 hard copy is needed. It is also useful	 when  Ghostscript  is
		 used  as  a  filter to print a PostScript file to a non-Post‐
		 Script printer.

	      1: Show no images.

	      2: PostScript level 2 compatible. (default)

	      3: PostScript level 3 compatible. (EXPERIMENTAL,	Portable  Net‐
		 work Graphics (PNG) images are not printed correctly)

       -m mapping file
	      This  file is used to map Unicode characters to your local char‐
	      acter set.  The default mapping file depends on the locale.

       -p papersize
	      Output in PostScript form. Printable on paper of	the  specified
	      size:  10x14,  a3, a4, a5, b4, b5, executive, folio, legal, let‐
	      ter, note, quarto, statement or tabloid.

       -r     Include text removed by the revisioning system.

       -s     Include text with the so-called "hidden text" attribute.

       -t     Output in text form. (default)

       -w width
	      In text mode this is the line width in characters.  A  value  of
	      zero puts an entire paragraph on a line, useful when the text is
	      to used as  input	 for  another  wordprocessor.  This  value  is
	      ignored in PostScript mode.

       -x document type definition
	      Output  in XML form. Currently the only document type definition
	      is db (for DocBook).

       -L     In PostScript mode: use landscape mode.

FILES
       Mapping files like 8859-1.txt
	      Antiword looks for its mapping files in  three  directories,  in
	      the order given:
	      (1) The directory specified by $ANTIWORDHOME
	      (2) The directory specified by $HOME/.antiword
	      (3) Directory /usr/share/antiword

       The fontnames file
	      Antiword will look for its fontname file in the same directories
	      as used for the mapping files.
	      The fontnames file contains  the	translation  table  from  font
	      names used by MS Word to font names used by PostScript.

       NOTE:
	      Antiword cannot tell the difference between a file that does not
	      exist and a file that cannot be opened for reading.

ENVIRONMENT
       Antiword uses the environment variable ``ANTIWORDHOME''	as  the	 first
       directory to look for its files. Antiword uses the environment variable
       ``HOME'' to find the user's home directory. When in text mode  it  uses
       the  variable  ``COLUMNS'' to set the width of the output (unless over‐
       ridden by the -w option).

       Antiword uses the environment variables	``LC_ALL'',  ``LC_CTYPE''  and
       ``LANG'' (in that order) to get the current locale and uses this infor‐
       mation to select the default mapping file.

BUGS
       Antiword is far from complete. Many features are	 still	missing.  Many
       images  are not shown yet. Some of the images that are shown, are shown
       in the wrong place.  PostScript output is only available in ISO	8859-1
       and ISO 8859-2.

WEB SITES
       The most recent released version of Antiword is always available from:
       http://www.winfield.demon.nl/index.html
       or try
       http://antiword.cjb.net/

AUTHOR
       Adri van Os <antiword@winfield.demon.nl>
       or try <comments@antiword.cjb.net>

       R.F. Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> and
       Sindi Keesan <keesan@cyberspace.org>
       contributed to this manual page.

LICENSE
       Antiword	 is  free  software;  you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published  by  the
       Free  Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
       option) any later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that  it	 will  be  useful  but
       WITHOUT	ANY  WARRANTY;	without	 even  the  implied  warranty  of MER‐
       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the  GNU  General
       Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
       with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
       59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
       Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
       Adobe, PDF and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
       Microsoft  is  a registered trademark and Windows is a trademark of Mi‐
       crosoft Corporation.

Antiword 0.37			 Oct 29, 2005			   ANTIWORD(1)
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