Re: [icon-users] Microsoft Office file validation
- From: Peter Young <pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: icon-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:28:00 GMT
On 21 Mar 2012 Alan Adams <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <5273a096adjohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> John Harrison <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> .... you might be able to use a file converter program to create a .docx
>>> from your EW .doc.
>> Why would I want to do that? It's bad enough that Windows users churn out
>> .docx files, which aren't readable by some people.
> because according to the microsoft tech article, .docx files aren't
> being scanned for suspicious content, whereas .doc ones are.
Another oddity, but not particularly relevant to this post. I created
a doc file in EasiWriter, and have been told by a Windows user that
she could open it but wasn't allowed to print it. Is this likely? She
does confess that she's not a computer person!
With best wishes,
Peter.
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