Hi Bruce, have look at http://www.opus.co.tt/dave/index.htm, many interesting links there.
To view Word files, try VIEW, this works nice. To view PDFs, You can try Acrobat reader for DOS, but this is very clumsy and can not handle the latest PDF versions. There are some utilities to extract text and images separately from PDFs. Have a look at the link above. If You have GHOSTSCRIPT installed, You can use this to view PDF files, latest inofficial DOS compile is 7.05, AFAIK. (BTW, GS can convert PS to PDF, too) There is a little prog, to view PDF within Arachne via GS. If You want to try it feel free to write me. Note, that this prog is in beta stadium and You have to fiddle around with some config files with Your favorite text editor. HTH Regards Joerg On Thu, 07 Nov 2002 18:19:00 +0000, Bruce Burdekin wrote: > Hi All, > Just seen a bit about viewing Word and PDF files via DOS. As I belong > to Rotary, and other clubs insit on sending all their info as Word or > PDF attachments, I would be very happy if I could view them in DOS, > instead of having to start Windows with all the risks of virus and other > things that involves! > Where do I get the viewers? > Thanks in anticipation, > Bruce. > -- Arachne V1.69, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/ -- Arachne V1.70, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
