On Friday 09 November 2007 20:32, Ron Johnson wrote: > 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 >
Hi Ron, I started this tread, and I am afraid that your answer starts the troll of this WE. I agree with you, and these was the first docx that came, and came from my brother. He is well aware of the problem, and is waiting for retirement ( 6 month) to boot $W out of his PC. So, this one was no problem, my question was more to have a headsight of what his going to happend more and more... Now, not to give me more than I deserve: I started with Debian about 3 years ago. Looking a fool in my small village. ( 500 people living here.) Now there are 14 PC with Debian only, and 3 with double boot. And all those people are triing to explain to familly and friends what's wrong with $W and it's power not to respect any standard, even if it was agreed and signed by Bill. Well, as a 'good french' I am making a revolution......!!!!! in my village Thierry PS: Sorry I don't use emoticon!! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
