Wv (software)

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{{Infobox software

| name = wvWare

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| screenshot =

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| developer = Caolán McNamara

| latest_release_version = 1.2.4

| latest_release_date = {{release date|2006|10|25}}

| operating_system = Cross-platform

| size = 615 KB

| license = GPL

| website = http://wvware.sourceforge.net/

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The software library wv, also known as wvware or by its previous name mswordview, is a set of free software programs licensed under the GNU General Public License which can be used for viewing and/or converting files in the Microsoft .doc format to plain text, LaTeX, HTML or other formats.

The wv library provides several tools on the command line of a Unix shell, such as wvText for converting a .doc file to a plain text file. It is used by the program abiword, which provides a GUI interface for reading .doc files.