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On Monday 26 January 2009 23:23:18 Robert Bridge wrote: |
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> Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > Other than Office 2007 is there any software out there that can *write* |
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> > .docx? |
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> > Work requires me to use this format sometimes (it's not negotiable) and I |
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> > can get around it 95% of the time, but the 5% causes me insane amounts of |
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> > grief. Even though Office2007 runs perfectly well in CrossOver, I have to |
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> > put up with that stupid bouncing ribbon, menus that are not there and |
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> > <shock> <horror> <disgust> a productivity app that insists on launching |
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> > all it's windows undecorated (this last is the worst of the worst...). |
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> > Ooo-3 can read these docs but not write them. |
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> Why can't you use .doc? Anything that can read .docx can read .doc no |
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> problems. I know in work, we are pretty much pushing the sections with |
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> Office 2007 (2008) to use .doc and not .docx... |
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I tried that stunt, and got LARTed with a clue-by-four by my boss's boss :-) |
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You'll note that I asked for apps that can *write* .docx. We have this thing, |
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commissioned by the company's parent company, called SharePoint. |
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The budget system is on it, the finance managers all use 2007 and the entire |
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SharePoint is almost exclusively 2007 formats. Now, I don't mind ignoring |
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management types, but I think not being able to upgrade the .za auth name |
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servers because Alan can't write to docx is a very weak excuse (even for me) |
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:-) |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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