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

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*you got a real ahumm computer helper there LMAO Just because you change 
a name of the file does not change the type of a file . . tell her to 
change it back to the .pdf and it will once again work ! . . . got to 
tell her it has to be saved as a doc or what ever in windows crap . . In 
Linux I can tear a PDF apart and piece it back together so it has every 
thing turned backwards and re send it out the door
haha can't re name a jpg a gif or a bmp just does not work ! !



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On 07/26/2012 11:06 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> Excellent name btw chap!  :)
>
> I just let one of my users login as admin and she 'had to' change a file-name.  In Windows by 
> default it includes the file-extension in the name when you try to rename files so she changed the 
> pdf to something with no ending and then Windows couldn't find the right program to open it with!  
> [sighs deeply]
>
> Regards from
> Tom too :)
>
>
> --- On Thu, 26/7/12, Tom Randall <kf6ddt@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> From: Tom Randall <kf6ddt@comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Do You Share ODF Documents With MS OfficeUsers?
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Thursday, 26 July, 2012, 18:45
>
> 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.
>
> -- Jay Lozier
> jslozier@gmail.com
>
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