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Date:	Mon, 24 Mar 2003 18:54:09 PST8
From:	Michael Rakijas <mrakijas@oco.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help <scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Slightly OT: Exchanging files with Word users

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** Reply to message from "Gary Granat" on Sat, 22 Mar
2003 22:25:12 PST8

> On Sat, 22 Mar 2003 14:50:17 PST8, Mark Abramowitz wrote:
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> >So, have they dropped all their filters?
>
> Can't answer that. When I'm working exchange with Word users, my tool is
> DeScribe, and you know that _my_ filters are far out of date! So, it is easier
> to get everyone using RTF, which seems to be a (fools?) gold standard for
> information exchange -- for the moment, at least.

TTBOMK, Word users still actually still have access to many import filters but
MS has made them optional in the baseline install. This is crippling in many
corporate installation because you don't have media and you're installing off of
a server but I believe it is there. If you have access to media, rerun the
install and customize/add features, you can add the filters you need. Probably
too much to ask of the exclusionary MS product users.

> --gary
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> ggranat@earthlink.net

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