Definition: wv: Convert and preview Microsoft Word documents. wv (previously known as mswordview) is a library which allows access to Microsoft Word files. It can load and parse the Word 2000, 97, 95, and 6 file format. (Work is underway to support reading earlier formats as well: Word 2 documents are converted to plain text.) Among the provided programs are: * wvWare: Converts to HTML and LaTeX. It's used by a small army of helper scripts able to preview Word documents and convert them to various other formats, like PostScript, PDF, DVI, etc. * wvRTF: Converts to Microsoft's Rich Text Format. * wvSummary: Displays the summary information stream of all OLE2 files, i.e. Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Access, etc. * wvVersion: Outputs the version of the Word format a document is stored in.
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