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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  ig-
	      nored 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 un-
       der  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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