Word .DOC viewer for Mozilla

James McIntosh jemcinto-cpI+UMyWUv+w5LPnMra/2Q at public.gmane.org
Sun Nov 9 11:33:12 UTC 2003


At 07:19 AM 11/9/03 -0500, James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:

>As I recall, there was one point where if an office upgraded(?) one user 
>to the later version of Word, all had to upgrade, because the later 
>version would only write in a format that the earlier versions couldn't 
>read.

Microsoft Word can be used to write in a variety of formats, such as RTF
(Rich Text Format).

The later version may default to a format that the earlier versions
couldn't read, but that is a matter of educating the users to go out of
their way to save the document in a format which can be read by their
co-workers.


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