Way to view MS Office's new file format

[Derek Broughton]

NoOp wrote:

> On 07/22/2008 10:35 AM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote:
>> Linda Hanigan wrote:
>>> Is there an open source way to view MS Office's new file format? We
>>> are starting to get more of these annoying files as email
>>> attachments.
>> 
>> This might help.
>> 
>> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
> 
> Not likely:
> <quote>
> You sent the attachment in Microsoft Word format, a secret proprietary
> format, so I cannot read it. If you send me the plain text, HTML, or
> PDF, then I could read it.
> </quote>
> 
> HTML is turned off on _all_ of my email clients.

Not to mention that I'm not going to change the habits of any of the Doc
users I correspond with - and don't particularly want to.  I don't use
Word, but I _do_ use OO to do Word-like things and send .doc files to my
colleagues.
-- 
derek