Comments on: Please don’t send me Microsoft Word documents

By: Tal

Tal — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:59:24 +0000

AbiWord and OOo both handle DOC files well. I really dont see the point of converting to RTF. And typing it in the message? That’s just plain silly.

By: viriiman

viriiman — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:53:39 +0000

AlliXSenoS:

Open Office is one that comes to mind. I know that there are other alternatives as well. Another one off the top of my head is Word Pad. Yeah, it may suck, but it can still open up Word Doc’s. And when a parent on a limited income is faced with buying food for the week or buying Office, they’ll pick food.

By: AlliXSenoS

AlliXSenoS — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:38:30 +0000

Microsoft Word documents cannot always be read by other word processors.

^^ *what* other word processors?

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:00:05 +0000

With the advent of free Office apps, or even Text Edit on OSX, it is more of an effort to redirect these email senders to a webpage (which you have no control over its content) rather than fixing the issue on your computer. I understand “but it’s the principle” however trying to get the masses to stop using Word would fail as miserably as trying to get people to stop going to the big-wig gas stations to send a message to gas price-gouging fucktards… society just won’t do it because we’re too lazy. Besides, resorting to free apps may send a message to more prominent people and you don’t stymie business by waiting on someone to convert a file they already spent time on into Rich Text Format.