BeBits Information Developer Central Submit Application Your Account Web Links Contact Us
BeBits
Please support our sponsors!
antiword
version 0.37
contact publisher
home page
screenshots
version history
other reviews
send updates for this application
talkback
12 comments
 Published by Pete Goodeve
   Click here for more information about this publisher...
 Date Posted:   December 21st, 2002
 Last Updated:   February 1st, 2006
 License: GPL
 Downloads: 2,442 total; 1 recently
 Page Views: 27,340 total
 User Rating: awaiting 10 votes Give this application a rating
 Jump to the Downloads section
About antiword:
Converts Microsoft Word files to Postscript or plain text

This is a quick port of a GPL program by Adri van Os. It converts Microsoft Word documents to either Postscript or plain text (and now PDF and XML docbook as well). The Postscript output handles images as well. The package also includes some xicon scripts to let you convert via drag-and-drop.
Latest Version
   
Details about this version:
(Actually dated October 2005 -- it slipped by me...)
From Adri's ChangeLog:
New features:
- XML/DocBook output now contains <footnote> tags
- Show page headers and footers (PostScript and PDF output only)
- Show text that was removed by the revisioning system

Also I found that for some reason (lost in the mists of time) I modified the BeOS version to be more aware of UTF-8. I think this was probably a misunderstanding, and I've now gone back to the source code as supplied. Zeta users: please check if this has fixed the problem with the PS xicon script...

You can still ensure UTF-8 output if you should need it, by specifying "-m UTF-8" in the command line. Similarly, remember that if you *don't* want it you can force ISO characters by "-m 8859-1" or whatever codepage is appropriate for your area.

When I actually tried the Ghostscript script this time, I found that things have changed since I wrote it, with the 'gs' command in the more logical '/boot/home/config/bin', so I've edited the script to match. You may need to edit further if you have a GS setup that is not the same.

 
Intel Version - requires R5   (230 KB) 354 downloads
 
 
Dev LinkLink reliability rating  [rating: 10]    Download this app  Report bad link New Home
Dev LinkLink reliability rating  [rating: 10]    Download this app  Report bad link Primary Location
 
Add Additional Location
 
PowerPC Version - requires R5   (221 KB) 53 downloads
 
 
Dev LinkLink reliability rating  [rating: 10]    Download this app  Report bad link Primary Location
Dev LinkLink reliability rating  [rating: 10]    Download this app  Report bad link New Home
 
Add Additional Location
  Source Available
 
Related Links:
Recent Talkback comments:
  • Re antiword output to a file - edmundf
  • antiword output to a file - Pete G.
  • So close and yet so far - edmundf

    Post your own comment to the Talkback for this application!
    Report a problem with the listing for this application!
  • Like this app? Have questions or comments?
    Why not tell the author? Use the "e-mail publisher" link to get in touch with the publisher; they usually love getting feedback.
     
    The Green Board
      Recent Downloads  -  # 472
    Total Downloads  -  # 1,029
    Total Views  -  # 365
    User Ratings  -  N/A
      Productivity Utilities
    Word Processors
    1.  QEMU - 9.62
    2.  ScummVM - 9.50
    3.  cpu_fix - 9.42
    4.  Jukebox - 9.36
    5.  Haiku AGP busm... - 9.35
    6.  vim6 - 9.31
    7.  Transmission - 9.27
    8.  Beezer - 9.25
    9.  BeeF - 9.25
    10.  HandBrake - 9.24
    1.  Ati Radeon Grap... - 374
    2.  Realtek RTL8139... - 251
    3.  BeOS 5 Personal... - 239
    4.  ATI Rage 128 Pr... - 177
    5.  USB Serial driver - 134
    6.  Firefox - 112
    7.  Broadcom 440x 1... - 102
    8.  DjVu Viewer - 101
    9.  Ensoniq AudioPCI... - 96
    10.  S3 Trio 64 v2 DX... - 85
    You are not logged in.
     Login or create an account...
    Hosted by NetConnect

     
    Unless otherwise noted, everything is copyright © 1999-2002 Fifth Ace Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
    For more legal trivia, take a gander at our
    Legal Stuff page and our Privacy Statement.
    Fifth Ace Productions