[ale] New M$oft Word file format

[drifter]

After I calmed down, further testing revealed that OO can deal with the 
format, but only if the attached file is copied to the desktop.  If I click 
on the attachment itself while it is still within the email (using KDE and 
Kmail), the entire session crashes, not just the app. I don't have that 
problem with PDFs.

I think part of the underlying problem is that within the Mac and Windoze 
worlds, the default application for any text is Word. I can't remember the 
last time I received a plain Jane text file from either camp.  It is as if 
these good folk have no clue whatsoever that simple text documents are 
easier and quicker to create (and a lot smaller) with a text editor. Most 
have no idea where such a program can be found on their computers, or even 
if one exists.

Sean



On Monday 24 August 2009 23:27:18 Greg Freemyer wrote:
> Been around for a couple years.
>
> OpenOffice works with them.  (I have not tested that statement very
> much.)
>
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:20 PM, drifter<drifter at oppositelock.org> 
wrote:
> > Has anyone else hit .docx files.  I just got one as an attachment
> > to an email.  Had to extract the archive first and then I still can't
> > read the damn thing as it is pulled into its component parts:
> > document.xml
> > fontTable.xml
> > settings.xml
> > styles.xml
> > webSettings.xml
> >
> >
> > The document file is the raw text, but nearly unreadable as all the
> > formatting  cues have been replaced with @,*,$; the CR/LFs have been
> > removed altogether.
> >
> > The file in question was created by the current Mac version of Word
> > (until next week, that is).
> >
> > Apparently the docx format is the default.
> >
> > I am not amused.
> >
> > Sean
> >
> >
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