Way to view MS Office's new file format

[Mike McMullin]

On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 12:52 -0700, 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
> > 
> > Peter HB
> > 
> 
> 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.

  As it is on mine except for a limited few addresses that are in my
address book, but one could simply delete reference to HTML.  I have on
occasion sent those stubborn M$ only people OOo files with instructions
on where to get OOo, how much it costs as opposed to MSWord, and on
occasion, even where to find the import/export filters for MSWord.  I
think it helps that people learn not to just take _their version_ of
software for granted.