Dotan Cohen schreef: > 2008/10/20 Paul van der Vlis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Even a conversion to flat-text would be nice. >> > > Seeing how docx is XML, have you tried parsing the file with something > that can read XML? > >> Ah, I see OpenOffice.org 3 is out officially now. But there is no >> support for it in Lenny and I would like a supported product. >> >> I am a sysadmin for some offices who are running Debian on the desktop, >> and I am working on Lenny. I am wondering there is nothing in Debian for >> docx. >> >>> My solution, when possible, is to write to the body from where the >>> .docx comes from and request that they resend in PDF. >> I can do that for my private stuff. But for e.g. a notary office this is >> not usuable. >> > > Yes, you can do this for a notary office. Tell them that you > _don't_have_ MSO 2007 and cannot pay $xxx for it. Don't mention Linux > or OOo or anything else. Note also that notarized documents should be > read only anyway, and presentation surely is important, so PDF is much > preferable to doc[x]. In fact, I would not use a notary that uses doc > files, ideology aside.
All outgoing documents are in PDF. But customers will sent all kinds of documents as input. >>> Even users of MSO <2007 will be unable to open .docx files. >> Only if they don't install a plugin. And maybe this plugin is, or will >> be, automatically installed by MS online update. >> > > And what about users who are not running as admin and don't have admin > rights on the box? Auto updates? I am not a MS sysadmin, no idea. > In any case, sending documents that require $xxx program and $yyy for > the only OS that it runs on is bad. What if they were sending you > DotanOffice documents, that only could be opened on DotanOS. I'd be a > millionaire! It's about receiving documents, not about sending. With regards, Paul van der Vlis. -- http://www.vandervlis.nl/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
