Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / May 2007

That's good to know.  : )

Ο/Η Steve Hix έγραψε:

M$ office 2004 opens too but only AW6 files and NOT AW5 files.

Klaus Beckmann έγραψε:

I think that all these small word processors should use .ODT if they
like to have a better future. I like an alliance of mellel OO Nisus
Ragtime Papyrus etc. Personally I will not use any word processor, who
doesn't save natively  in .ODT. If they will use natively .ODT I will
try them and I will take the best of them even if it costs some money.

Try this one, which a friend of mine uses:

"You have sent me a text file as a Microsoft Word attachment which I
have deleted. Because my mail is read from a variety of machines both
while travelling and at various places of work, I do not always have
access to MS Word, nor do I use MS Word on a daily basis and the version
of MS Word I do have is probably hopelessly out of date and incompatible
with your document anyway. By attaching a message that could have been
inserted into your mail as plain text using simple cut-and-paste, you
are forcing me to save, decode and move your message to a different
machine which is a labourious and time-consuming procedure. It also
forces me involuntarily to expose the other machine to potential viruses
both binary and macro, which is unecessary and inconsiderate.

If you feel that your document has  formatting which is essential for my
understanding, kindly save it as html, XML or RTF before sending.
Otherwise, plain text is also an open and free standard potentially rich
in both grammar and syntax.

Do not construe this notice as an unwillingness to read your message on
my part. It is an expression of solidarity with other users who don't
know what to do with attachments and are too embarrassed to say so. A
protest against a monopolizing industry that is trying to brow-beat us
into submission to proprietory standards, user-unfriendliness, arrogance
of power and greedy pricing. And an effort on my part to spend less time
moving files and more time doing something useful.

I apologize if this is an inconvenience to you, but unless you feel that
your message is important enough to convey in a simpler and more
readable fashion it must be considered unread."

Good luck! :-)