Re: WP 8 problem

["Richard E. Hawkins Esq." <hawk@eyry.econ.iastate.edu>]

ted told,


>otherwise, what DO I do if I get a Word7 file by email? 

You tell the sender politely (the first time) to send it in a real 
standardized format.  For email, this means plain text (not mime) 
unless there is content (equations, tables, etc., or if it is a file 
being sent for the recipeint to use) that can't be 
displayed in plain text, and that it is both rude and wrong to use a 
format such as word or wordperfect for regular email.

The second time, you open the file with a text editor that can handle 
it, and send the garbled text back :)

> Among the few recent benefits to modern civilisation which we in the UK
> can claim is the concept of being "economical with the truth"; it seems
> we have managed to convey it to others ...

Ahh, so it's *you* guys that caused our mess in D.C. :)  Couldn't you 
have stuck with bombarding us with extraneous "u"'s :)

rick, who finds George III to not be so bad compared with our last 
century or so :)


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