At 12:17 AM -0400 8/20/00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> . . . I have found that I have to type in a file extension on my
>filenames (.doc for Word files, .xls for Excel files, etc.) or the PC will
>usually not recognize it as a Word or Excel file. In other words, the PC
>user cannot open the file by double clicking. . . If I forget to
>type in an extension I have to either tutor the PC user on how to
>open the files or resend them with the appropriate filename
>extensions.
Unfortunately Windows can't do squat unless the file is named
correctly. If you don't put an extension on your file name, you WILL
get calls about how "you sent me a bad file and my computer can't
read it" (oh, and Macs suck too).
I constantly have to remind my users to put ".doc" or ".xls" or
".ppt" at the end of their filenames so that learning-impaired
Windows users can open our files.
And there is NO setting in Office 98 to automatically stick on the
proper PC file extension. When I called Microsquat to ask if there
was one, I was told "Well, no, you don't need that on a Macintosh."
God forbid they should make it just a tiny bit easier to share files.
Kim Andersen
Amarillo National Research Center
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A: More.
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