[ubuntu-uk] Microsoft proprietary file types?

[Tony Scott]

Hi Daniel

Why don't you open the documents with LibreOffice and not loose clients?
 
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>From: Daniel Case <danielcase10 at googlemail.com>
>To: UK Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
>Sent: Friday, 20 May 2011, 0:01
>Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Microsoft proprietary file types?
>
>Hi guys,
>
>I'm a web designer and host, and I often get clients email with .doc,
>.ppx and even .docx nowadays.... the question is, what should I be
>doing about these people? I often send an email back asking them if
>they would mind sending in an open format so I can open it without
>problems, but I have had one person cancel a job over it (extreme, I
>know, apparently I was wasting time..) so the question is how can I
>educate these people, especially if they are willing to cancel a
>project over it? (I make my income from this stuff!)
>
>Daniel
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