Handle Word document on Unix box?

[Jaap Spies]

Roy Smith wrote:

> dsin at noc.ntua.gr wrote:
> 
>> Does anyone know if there is a way to extract information from a M$
>> Word document or at least how to convert it into something useful (xml,
>> html etc.), on a Unix machine?
> 
> 
> GOK what this has to do with python, but you might want to look at 
> StarOffice, a freeware MS Office replacement from Sun.  Runs on Solaris 
> and Linux (and probably a few other Unix flavors).  Requires X.

Nothing, I suppose! But we like to help everybody.
See my answer in this thread.

Cheers,

Jaap Spies