[ale] OT: I mean way OT like DocX OT

[jknapka at kneuro.net (JK)]

Ayy, the DocX be the work o' the devil, matey. Aaahr.  There be
a document converter available on th' devil's website, tho.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100444731033.aspx

-- JK


Scott Castaline wrote:
> Had my first encounter with M$ DocX file. My son got the latest and 
> greatest(?), (Ok the not so great, okay okay,the latest and worstest) 
> M$Office. He sent us a document that he had created in it. My wife was 
> unable to open it on her State office issued laptop that has M$ WinXP 
> w/M$Office 2003. She kept getting garbage. My OpenOffice.org3.1.0 opened 
> it but the text was in several different fonts and there were several 
> blank pages inserted. I fixed the fonts and then deleted the blank and 
> all is well now. Told him to resave the doc in an older format, before 
> sending it to anyone else.
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