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Paul Dundas paul.dundas at btinternet.com
Mon Apr 15 16:32:40 CDT 2002


joe mc cool wrote:

>Michael G Schwern writes:
> > > My requirements are simple: just convert a stipulated file so I can
> > > email it as a .doc attachment.
>
>snip
>
> > Word does open plain text, Microsoft hasn't yet attempted to relicense
> > ASCII. :)
>
>Yes, but if you send ascii attachments to the niave, they will report
>that they cannot open them !
>

Yes, but if you rename foo.txt to foo.doc,
it'll be sent to the naive user's Word for Windys,
which WILL be able to open it :-)

-- 
 Paul D        ( paul.dundas at btinternet.com )
  "There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if
   he doesn't mind who gets the credit." - Robert Woodruff?





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