Re: reading ms-word attachments.

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From: Jim Macklin (p51mustang[threeX12)
Date: 04/13/04 

Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 12:52:50 -0500

PDF is goods and there are free way to convert WORD files to
PDF (I use WIN2PDF) and my HP scanner will save to a PDF.
But they still need to have Adobe Reader and download it. 

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"Rob Schneider" <rmschne@removetheones_b1e1e1b.net.net>
wrote in message
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| Word format relatively unchanged, despite rumours to
contrary, since
| Word 97.  All "relatively" contemporay versions of
Wordpad, Words, and
| Word can read all contemporary versions (past Word 97) of
Word doc fil.
|
| RTF also a good way to distribute, but hardly anyone does
it.  I prefer
| to put into PDF format to fix the document content/quality
and not
| release "source code" Word doc's, but ... all that off
topic for this
| original question.
|
| Hope this is useful to you.  Let us know.
|
| rms
|
|
|
|
| Pop Rivet wrote:
| > "Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm>
wrote in message
| > news:uEdBxoLIEHA.3432@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
| >
| >>Actually all the programs you have should be able to
open a
| >>WORD .doc file if you use the "file /open" command in
the
| >>program to browse to and open the file.  You can also
use
| >>the right click "open with" command to create the file
| >>association.
| >
| >
| > Well, that would only be true if the versions match up
properly.  Trying to
| > read files created by the most recent version of Word
with an older version
| > of any of the mentioned apps that came out before that
latest version came
| > out, are likely to fail, depending on what format the
files were saved in.
| >    The best way to distribute Word files is to save them
in the .RTF
| > format - intended for such things as distribution to
unknown machines and
| > os's.  If ONLY reading is of interest, the suggestion to
get a viewer in an
| > earlier post would be the best option.  MS makes several
of them for all the
| > latest versions of Office.
| >
| > Pop
| >
| >

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