2009/1/19 Micha Feigin <mi...@post.tau.ac.il>: > On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:59:12 +0200 > "Dotan Cohen" <dotanco...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 2009/1/19 Micha Feigin <mi...@post.tau.ac.il>: >> > I write to these sites. I refuse to accept word documents from people. I've >> > gotten quite a few people used to sending me text or pdf instead of word. >> > I'm not sure if I'm the only cause but I've gotten several offices in my >> > uni to start sending PDFs along with the word documents. I've even sent >> > several sites code to correct their faulty html. I even go to the lengths >> > of refusing to use windows only course management sites and email >> > interfaces in the places I teach, telling people that if it's not >> > accessible from linux they can assume that I didn't get the information ... >> > >> >> Where do you study, Micha? I do the same at the Technion, and most >> organizations in the Technion have in fact started sending PDF. Only >> the secretary of my faculty still sends Word documents, she insists >> that nobody else complains therefore it is not a problem. >> > > I study in Tel-Aviv. Part of the point I always raise is that a lot of > computers were converted to linux both due to cost and so that they can be > used > as a cluster. I also sent as a reply to just about every mail that contains > word only data that I can't read it and if they want me to then that they > should send it as pdf. It's especially useful for things that they need me to > read ... > > The upside of them being ignorant to linux is that they don't know that > openoffice can show most documents (it does fail rather measurably on math > though) > > Another thing that may help is to go there, be nice and show her how easy it > is > to produce pdf from the word document (you can install primopdf for her, it's > free, although not open source, and works as a virtual printer). > http://www.primopdf.com/ >
Thanks, I have been recommending PDF Creator: http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/pdfcreator/PDFCreator-0_9_5_setup.exe -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü
