Re: [NTLK] receiving word attachments and sending works documents

From: Glen Warner (gdwarner_at_mindspring.com)
Date: Tue Nov 12 2002 - 04:23:39 EST

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Laurent Daudelin <laurent.daudelin_at_verizon.net> wrote:

> on 11/11/02 01:45, Oliver Brose at oliver.brose_at_t-online.de wrote:
> [snip!]
>> Just another possibility: Teach people not to use .doc.
> [snip!]
>
> Are you serious, Oliver? Most people using a PC don't even know that
the
> files have extensions! Most standard configurations on Windows (all
flavors)
> hide the extensions, so they wouldn't know.

I'll say ... I once sent a compressed Word file to an HR person, and
she didn't understand how to use WinZip to decompress it. I think she
was one of those "It's working! Now, please, God, don't touch
anything" type of people. :o)

--gdw

> -Laurent.

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