[OT] documents for the general public need to be generally readable

[Wade Smart]

Bas Roufs wrote:
> Hello Everybody
> 
>> ... file in a Microsoft docx format
> 
> When I get such an attachment, I act as follows:
> 
> STEP 1
> ====
> I download and save the file at some logical place in the HOME directory.
> 
> STEP 2
> ====
> I copy the file. While doing so, I change the name of the extension
> (.docx) in ".doc"
> So, "file.docx" becomes "file.doc".
> 
> STEP 3
> ====
> Without any problem, I open "file.doc" with OpenOffice.
> 
>> is for the students of a public school system then it needs to be
>> something that is generic enough to be opened by someone with any type
>> of system.
> 
> I wholeheartedly agree with that!
> But now you know that there is a simple trick to open .docx files.
> Also OpenOffice is constantly renewing in order to be able to open
> such 'new' formats.
> 
> Respectfully Yours,
> 
> Bas.
> 
> 

20081029 1110 GMT-6

Does this work for you ever time?
I just tried with one of the documents I received from the school and it 
worked :D but it didnt on another. Both just have text, no macros, no 
tables or anything that might possibly though it off.

Wade