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 the binary format documents made by MS Word version 2, 6, 7, 97,
2000 and 2003 are supported. Newer Word versions default to using a
completely different format consisting of XML files in a ZIP container
(usually with a ".docx" file extension) which antiword doesn't support.
It also doesn't support the "flat" XML format which MS Word 2003 sup-
ported.
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
AUTHOR
Adri van Os <antiword@winfield.demon.nl>
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.
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