This is more of a reminder for myself than anything else. If you need to convert a MS Word document to something legible, use antiword. It’s very simple, and very useful.
antiword file.doc
This converts file.doc to plain text, and outputs to standard output. It can also be used to convert Word docs to PDF, PS and XML.
Of course, if people would stop sending documents in this manufacturer controlled, proprietary format, we wouldn’t require hacks to read them. But that’s not likely to happen any time soon.
