wvWareconvertsworddocumentsintootherformats such as PS,PDF,HTML,LaTeX,DVI,ABW
OPTIONS-ccharset,--charsetcharset
word 97 documents are stored in one of two formats, either in 8 bit windows codepages or in 16 bit
unicode. The unicode can be converted easily into utf-8, and the codepages are promoted to unicode
and converted from there, except for the western european codepage which is always converted to
iso-5589-15 if possible. This is the default behaviour. While it is possible to convert into other
formats or to force a conversion to a particular format, it is not recommended as you don't get a
guarantee that the output will be correct. For instance, if you convert an English document into
koi8-r encoding then it will be wrong, but if you are sure then you can override the default
output format. The charsets that are available depend on your system: systems using the gnu libc 2
and above can convert to just about anything; systems that at, wv configure time, prove to be
inadequate for charset conversion use wv's internal conversion formats which are a small subset of
the possible conversions, namely: utf-8 iso-5589-15 koi8-r tis-620
-ppassword,--passwordpassword
Due to heroic work done by a great team of workers, the wv library can decrypt password protected
word 97 and older versions of word documents given the correct password.
-ddir,--dirdir
If dir is used then any created graphics will be placed in this directory. The default is the
directory in which the word document resides.
-bname,--basenamename
Use name as the base name for image files.
-aformat,--auto-epsformat
Depending on whether images of type format can be automatically converted to encapsulated
PostScript, print "yes" or "no" and exit. Encapsulated PostScript is required for LaTeX,
PostScript, and PDF output. Currently possible values for format are "wmf", "png", and "jpg".
-sformat,--suppressformat
Suppress automatic conversion of images of type format to encapsulated PostScript. Currently
possible values for format are "wmf", "emf", "png", "jpg", and "pict".
-1,--nographics
Suppress output of embedded images.
-xconfig.xml,--configconfig.xml
Use this to give the location of the config file. If not used, the config file is searched for by
first checking the current directory, and then by looking in the install location
(/usr/local/lib/wv/wvHtml.xml by default)
-X,--xml
Produce XHTML-like XML output (as defined in /usr/local/lib/wv/wvXml.xml).
-v,--version
Print wvWare's version number and exit.
-?,--help
Print a help message and exit.