[ale] this week's WTF

[Michael H. Warfield]

On Tue, 2010-12-14 at 15:48 -0500, Jerald Sheets wrote: 
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> Aren't those things XML?  Couldn't we look inside to see if there's some invalid XML being generated?

The .xml ones are .docx and I've had OpenOffice choke on them.  That
could explain the error but not why the printer queue dies.

> Also, there was an update to Office 2011 for Mac.  Maybe that fixes this?

> - --j
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> On Dec 14, 2010, at 3:21 PM, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
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> > I don't think this is a virus problem.  The file was created on a Mac with 
> > the current OS using the latest (and greatest!!) version of Word. Yet the 
> > printer queue on the Mac gagged on the file and wouldn't send it on to the 
> > network printer.  So she emailed it to me and the same thing happened on 
> > my machine.
> > 
> > It is as if there is some sort of metadata that is screwing up the works. 
> > I have no trouble saving other .doc files to other formats, such as .pdf or 
> > .odt.  Only I can't do that with this particular file.
> > 
> > For the record, I was able, finally, to Save As .html and then convert that 
> > to .odt and print it.  But, good grief!
> > 
> > Further experimentation profits a clue:  the file name.  If I rename the 
> > file, THEN I can save it in another format.
> > 
> > original file name: <TheateratEmorymission12:10.doc>
> > 
> > Is there something in there (the : for example) that would screw up the 
> > works.  And why would the print spooler give a damn about the file name?
> > 
> > Sean
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