Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 15:36:14 +0000 From: Matt H <matt@proweb.co.uk> To: "dmmcf@uiuc.edu" <dmmcf@uiuc.edu> Cc: mwm-dated-1014449929.13fb95@mired.org, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Advice sought re MS Office compatibility Message-ID: <20020218153614.34b05e8f.matt@proweb.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <863czylumy.fsf@ness.aae.uiuc.edu> References: <15472.44937.241831.56766@guru.mired.org> <863czylumy.fsf@ness.aae.uiuc.edu>
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> .. and saving in an old format is (perceived as) too > much hassle. A few more such requests and _I_ will become the > problem, not Word. you could always send them a macro & toolbar to save their work as a different format one click save ( you could even be elaborate and make it save to a central repository with that one button or a toolbar with "email this document to colleagues" button and a bit of html/(vb|java)script to bring up a dialog box etc.etc.etc.etc. if your office has a central document.dot that everyone uses it can be part of that. Word & Office can be told to play nicely if you make a bit of effort, it even get's PHB's going if you incorporate pretty headers. You can replace the save icon & menuitem to save in a different default format. ) M To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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