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diff --git a/textproc/catdoc/DESCR b/textproc/catdoc/DESCR index 2d9c2f01155..b274e0a3b4b 100644 --- a/textproc/catdoc/DESCR +++ b/textproc/catdoc/DESCR @@ -1,7 +1,15 @@ -catdoc behaves much like cat(1) but reads MS-Word file and -produces human-readable text on standard output. Option- -ally it can use latex(1) escape sequences for characters -which have special meaning for LaTeX. It also makes some -effort to recognize MS-Word tables, although it never -tries to write correct headers for LaTeX tabular environ- -ment. +catdoc behaves much like cat(1) but reads MS-Word file and produces +human-readable text on standard output. Optionally it can use +latex(1) escape sequences for characters which have special meaning +for LaTeX. It also makes some effort to recognize MS-Word tables, +although it never tries to write correct headers for LaTeX tabular +environment. + +This package also includes catppt and xls2cvs. The catppt utility +reads MS-PowerPoint presentations and outputs its content to stdout. +The xls2csv utility reads MS-Excel spreadsheets and outputs its +content as comma-separated values to stdout. Numbers are printed +without delimiters and strings are enclosed in the double quotes. +Double-quotes inside string are doubled. + + |