[BC] O/S Question

[FrankGott at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/20/2009 10:58:43 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
barry at oldradio.com writes:

<<2007 does have a new file format, to save all
the formatting in a different way, but you can
easily save and exchange files in .doc format  -
even make it the default.  (same  for excel
and .xls,  etc)>>

Barry, do you or anyone  else on the list know the extension used by Office 
2007?  I've been  receiving an increasing number of attachments recently at 
work with the  extension *.docx rather than the standard Winders Orifice  *.doc
 
I'm using Office 2003 running on Win2000.  Upgrading is not an  option.  If 
it's something I want the current solution is to ask the  sender to send as a 
plain document or cut'n'paste into the body of the  email.
 
If the problem with *.docx files is because of formatting unique to  Office 
2007, it is a prime example of newer isn't always better if it  isn't backwards 
compatible.  
 
Frank Gottlieb
this time next month - Vegas
 

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