There are several docx converters online (google docx2pdf). Haven't tried them though. LibreOffice handles docx quite well.
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 12:22:22PM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht typed: > On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 12:14:51PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > 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. > > That's not my war. It's not going to achive > much me telling all our admin and academic > staff that what they were tought throughout > their career might not be ideal, or even > not the only, tool in the universe. > Sometimes I can request pdf, sometimes I fail. > > I also sometimes try to get pdf from various > UK govt departments. Sometimes they only > make documents available in MS formats. > Again, sometimes they respond well, but > mostly, they ignore my requests. > > By the way, I tried abiword, and it couldn't > open my docx. > > -- > Anton Shterenlikht > Room 2.6, Queen's Building > Mech Eng Dept > Bristol University > University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK > Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 > Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423 > _______________________________________________ > 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" _______________________________________________ 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"
