Re: docx files
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On 11/09/07 11:07, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 11:26:35AM +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote:
>> On Friday 09 November 2007 09:45, Arijit Sarkar wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 22:14 +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I received a file.docx made with office 2007
>>>> Is there any easy way to read it?
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Thierry
>>> Why don't you tell the sender to send it again in different format?
>>> Since, "docx" is not a standard format, it's not possible for many soft
>>> wares to offer read/write support.
> ...
>> This is what I did, for shure, with all needed explanation about standard, and
>> what was wrong with this format. But, we will get more and more of those, and
>> I was wondering if i was any easy way to read these documents. Installing
>> Wine looks like one way, but I am not going to take it.So, for now I will ask
>> senders not to use this format.
>
> I have done this as well, and will likely continue to do so. In fact,
> I've started asking people who send .doc files that I *can* read to
> resend them just on principle. I particularly enjoy responding with a
> "oh really? your word processor can't save files in an ISO standard
> format? how unfortunate, perhaps you should look into a different word
> processor..." and chuckle with glee. Of course, I'm in a situation
> where I can afford to do this. I know others are not :(
>
> But it's fun!
And to the 95% of people who have no clue what a word processor is
it makes you look like a jackass.
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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