Re: [ILUG] tip of the day: Word files and Netscape

From: Stephane Dudzinski (stephane at domain antefacto.com)
Date: Wed 09 May 2001 - 10:52:20 IST


Evolution does it for you BTW :)

On 09 May 2001 10:53:17 +0100, Donncha O Caoimh wrote:
> Blah blah blah, propreitary software, evil empire, blah blah blah..
>
> Anyway, for those of us who have to live in the real world, here's how
> to get Abiword to open a Word file from any email your boss sends you:
>
> Go to Edit, Preferences, Navigator, Applications, and find the entry for
> MS Word.
> Now, fill in the path and filename of the abiword executable
> (/usr/bin/abiword here) as follows:
> "/usr/bin/abiword %s"
>
> The "%s" at the end tells Abiword the filename to load.
>
> That little nugget was gleaned from
> http://home.netscape.com/assist/helper_apps/shorthelper.html
>
> Donncha.
>
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