Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Stop sending me doc/xls/ppt files!!!

Just feel like complaining about people who always send you a Word/Excel/Powerpoint as if Microsoft is ruling the world now. I think it is a manner to make sure that the recievers can view your file properly, isn't it?

Here are some hints for people who care enough about this issue. (Unfortunately, most people do not...)

1. Use plain text file(.txt) or rich text format(.rtf) unless you need to do fancy things. But most of the time you do not.
2. Convert the files into a PDF file if it is necessary. Actually, there are a few merits to use PDF files. It can be viewed FREE with Adobe Acrobat Reader. Nobody can alternate the contents of your files.

It is that SIMPLE! :)

p.s. Actually there is one best solution but I think ordinary users won't care about this. Anyway, the best solution is to use OpenOffice.org(http://www.openoffice.org/), which is free and is reasonably compatible with MS Office. Try it out!

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