Re: .docx documents

**y*@sfo.com**

Me too. I had to remove msword from my Mac to keep it from crashing, 
so when I get documents in *any* msword format, I either request a 
pdf or text file, or just ignore them. Usually I ignore them.

Tanya

At 12:55 PM -0400 3/24/08, jo ellen meyers sharp wrote:
>Thank you. I should have told you I have a Mac...I've not been able
>to find a compatibility pack for that.
>jems
>
>>Microsoft offers a compatibility pack on it's website.  Easy to find by
>>merely Googling .docx.
>>
>>Stephen
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <loisdan@juno.com>
>>To: <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
>>Cc: <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
>>Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 4:08 AM
>>Subject: Re: [GWL] .docx documents
>>
>>
>>>   Many users of this new version of Word, don't realize that no one else
>>>   can read their documents. They do, however, have the ability to set their
>>>   default "save" to doc. Or Rich Text, which is an archival language that
>>>   can be read on any computer using any system or software. If this is
>>>   happening with someone you know pretty well, it is a simple matter to ask
>>>   them to save stuff they are sending to you as a Word.doc.
>>>
>>>   Regards,
>>>   Lois
>>>   Visit http://loisdevries.blogspot.com
>>>
>>>   On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:53:57 -0400 jo ellen meyers sharp
>>>   <hoosiergardener@sbcglobal.net> writes:
>>>>   Has anyone found a converter that works in changing Microsoft's new
>>>>   .docx format to .doc? I'm getting more and more of these and am
>>>>   unable to open them. I've tried a couple of on-line converters, but
>>>>
>>>>   so far, none has worked. I found one I could buy and download for $5
>>>>
>>>>   for the year http://www.docx2doc.com/ Anybody know about this?
>>>>
>>>>   I feel like we've stepped way back in time, where all documents had
>>>>
>>>>   to be sent text files or embedded in the body of e-mails. Very
>>>>   inconvenient.
>>>>
>>>>   Thank you.
>>>>
>>>>   jems
>>>>
>>>>   --
>>>>   Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
>>>>   Garden writer, speaker, author, photographer
>>>>   Region III Director Garden Writers Association
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>________________________________________
>Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
>Garden writer, speaker, author, photographer
>Region III Director Garden Writers Association
>Phone: (317) 251.3261
>Fax: (317) 251.8545
>E-mail: hoosiergardener@sbcglobal.net
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