On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 21:16:11 +0200, Christian Barthel wrote: > On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 02:36:32PM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > I often receive information in *.docx format > > from my MS using colleagues. Sometimes I can > > ask for a pdf (or similar) instead, but not always. > > You have a lot of nice options: > - Force them to use BSD/Linux ;) > - explain them, why docx is shit! > - don't read it
I also suggest to combine this with reading the following article: http://en.nothingisreal.com/wiki/Please_don't_send_me_Microsoft_Word_documents It's very polite and precise about why using "DOC" files is generally a bad idea. It can be easily concluded that it also applies to "DOCX" files. The document also discusses alternatives. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
