CORSA 2012: Attachments/Pizza

Bryan Blackwell bryan at skiblack.com
Mon Sep 19 10:44:00 EDT 2011


There is a convertor for older versions of Office to read .docx and the other 'x' files called the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack.  See:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/open-a-word-2007-document-in-an-earlier-version-of-word-HA010044473.aspx

for more details.

--Bryan

On Sep 18, 2011, at 9:45 PM, svsassi at aol.com wrote:

> Tanks Tim for pointing this out.  I am having the same problem and I 
> consider myself to be reasonably computer literate.  I just can't afford to 
> upgrade right now.  Docx is from the newest Office product belonging to Windows 7 
> which Microshaft is coercing everyone to buy.  Nothing older than 2008 
> (hardware or software) is compatable with it.
> 
> I've been asked to evaluete spreadsheets which I cannot read.
> 
> SVS
> 
> In a message dated 9/14/2011 2:54:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> tim at bristolnj.com writes:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> First,  thanks for re-sending the schedule as text.  PLEASE if you 
> must send attachments, please send them in common formats, such as a 
> .doc (NOT .docx, which requires a newer version of Word that many don't 
> have) or .pdf files.  Many of us are not that computer literate, and 
> don't know what to do with a .bin binary file attachment.



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