Microsoft Word

You may encounter or receive documents in one of Microsoft Word's file formats. This is a problem. There are numerous word formats out there, and more being used with every new version of Word. The utility mswordview (add consult; mswordview &) supports some formats, as do FrameMaker and Applix (add applix; applix &), but there will always be more formats than are supported on Athena. If someone is sending you Word files, it is best to ask him or her to change the files to some other format and save yourself much trouble. If he or she cannot, ask for a version of the document in RTF format (Rich Text Format), which is the Word format easily imported into Athena's main word processors.