atw: Re: Hedley's Adventures With OOo: Ch. 3, Files that won't print

Oh, this is funny.  I was speculating that Word had got the jump again on
OOo again with the 2007 interface, but had not thought that they may have
found a way of punishing those clever defectors who think they can just
abandon ship and go elsewhere!  Good old Gates!  

ck



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> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hedley Finger
> Sent: Friday, 16 November 2007 11:58 AM
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> Cc: Jean Hollis Weber
> Subject: atw: Hedley's Adventures With OOo: Ch. 3, Files that won't
> print
> 
> 
> I use OOo all the time as I no longer have access to a licensed copy
> of Word.  When someone needs a Word format file (e.g. recruitment
> agent), I just save as Word and email it off.
> 
> A recipient of my resume (saved in *.doc format) has found that she
> cannot print the file from the (probably latest XML-based) version of
> Word on her computer.  A newly created Word document prints fine and
> Adobe Reader and various other applications all print fine, but not
> my file.  We tried saving to RTF, re-opening, and saving to *.doc
> again but no dice.  Has anybody come across this phenomenon?  What's
> the cause and what' the remedy?
> 
> I will try again and also send a PDF but this is bizarre.
> 
> Regards,
> Hedley
> 
> 
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