Opening .doc Files on Solaris: Preserving Formatting & Special Characters

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Opening .doc files while preserving formatting on Solaris is possible with software options like StarOffice and OpenOffice, which are compatible with both FreeBSD and Solaris. These applications allow users to maintain the original formatting and special characters of .doc files, unlike saving them as .txt files, which do not retain such details.
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Is it possible to open .doc files preserving the format on Solaris? ...besides saving it as .txt, 'coz that does not preserve formatting and special characters. I know on Linux there's star office, but is there anything available for Unix?
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