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 Micro
soft Word documents.
A wordfile named - stands for a Word document read from the standard inpu
t.
Only documents made by MS Word version 2, 6, 7, 97, 2000 and 2003 are
supported. Newer Word versions default to using a com
pletely different format consisting of XML files in a ZIP container (usua
lly with a .docx file extension) which antiword doesn't
support.
OPTIONS
-a papersize
Output in Adobe PDF form. Printable on paper of the specified s
ize: 10x14, a3, a4, a5, b4, b5, executive, folio, legal,
letter, note, quarto, statement or tabloid.
-f
Output in formatted text form. That means that bold text is printe
d 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 m
ay 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-PostScript printer.
1: Show no images.
2: PostScript level 2 compatible. (default)
3: PostScript level 3 compatible. (EXPERIMENTAL, Portable Network
Graphics (PNG) images are not printed correctly)
-m mapping file
This file is used to map Unicode characters to your local characte
r set. The default mapping file depends on the locale.
-p papersize
Output in PostScript form. Printable on paper of the specified s
ize: 10x14, a3, a4, a5, b4, b5, executive, folio, legal,
letter, 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
ignored 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 a
s 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 e
xist and a file that cannot be opened for reading.
ENVIRONMENT
Antiword uses the environment variable ``ANTIWORDHOME'' as the first dir
ectory to look for its files. Antiword uses the environ
ment variable ``HOME'' to find the user's home directory. When in text mo
de it uses the variable ``COLUMNS'' to set the width of
the output (unless overridden by the -w option).
Antiword uses the environment variables ``LC_ALL'', ``LC_CTYPE'' and ``L
ANG'' (in that order) to get the current locale and uses
this information to select the default mapping file.
BUGS
Antiword is far from complete. Many features are still missing. Many imag
es 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
or try
http://antiword.cjb.net/
AUTHOR
Adri van Os <antiword@winfield.demon.nl>

or try <comments@antiword.cjb.net>
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 u
nder the terms of the GNU General Public License as pub
lished 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 WITHOU
T ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY 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 alo
ng 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 Microso
ft Corporation.

Antiword 0.37

Oct 29, 2005

ANTIWORD(1)