Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Do You Share ODF Documents With MS OfficeUsers?

Hi, absolutely agree about the hide extensions crap, this is indeed one of 
the first things I fix on any computer I am working on for anyone.  I knew 
it went back a long way but pretty much the first version of windows I had a 
screen reader for was win98.  It continues to be the same up through windows 
7 and I am sure Windows 8 will be no better.

Just to keep this message in line with the subject yes I routinely share ODF 
documents with Office users because they insist on running MS crap where I 
work whereas I refuse to give the bastards at MS any more money than 
absolutely necessary.

Best regards,

Tom

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jay Lozier
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 1:38 PM
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Do You Share ODF Documents With MS 
OfficeUsers?

On 07/25/2012 04:00 PM, Andreas Säger wrote:
> Am 25.07.2012 21:29, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
> > On 25/07/12 20:25, Andreas Säger wrote:
> > > Every MS Office user can save the much more compatible doc and xls
> > > easily.
> >
> > One of the major problems with Windows 7 (and possibly Vista - I can't
> > remember) is that the "Show file extensions for known file types" is
> > switched OFF by default (God knows why) so the user may not even KNOW
> > they are working with docx or xlsx instead of .doc or .xls...
>
> This default setting is one of the most serious issues since Windows '95. 
> They know very well why they install it like that. Every knowledgable user 
> knows why this is the one of the first option to be turned off for each 
> new Windows installation.

The problem is that many users are not even aware they can change the
setting. Many malware packages exploit this file extension hiding. The
last time I reset it I believe I had to drill down about 3 or 4 levels
before I could change it.

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Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com


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