Section: User Commands (1)Updated: March 2011Local indexUp
NAME
msword2brl - Translate an MS Word file into an embosser-ready Braille file.
DESCRIPTION
msword2brl [OPTION] infile outfile
OPTIONS
--help
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--version
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Infile must be a Microsoft Word file. The script first calls the
`antiword' program, so you must have this installed on your machine.
`antiword' is called with `-x db', which causes the output to be in
docbook format. This is piped to `xml2brl'. The output file from
`xml2brl' contains much of the formatting, including emphasis, of the
word file.
The full documentation for
msword2brl
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
info
and
msword2brl
programs are properly installed at your site, the command