>Ok, so you have a work around for Word docs... but wouldn't it be nice if >people just made your life a bit easier, and stopped sending private >formats entirely. Wouldn't it be nice if they just sent you the >attachment as plain text, so there was no need to edit them in BBEdit and >worry about possibly cleaning up the formatting?
Tks, Chris. I agree absolutely, entirely, completely. But... I'm already at a disadvantage in my work as a translator chosing not to run Word. Even before email, when computers became a standard, secretaries started delivering docs on diskette for translation with ridiculous formatting expecting translators to do far more than merely translate, e.g. keep the format and plus, charge the same or less for more work. Work is sent to me by email in word and they expect it delivered in return in this god-awful Word format. It's always a hazzle for me. You've reminded me one can complain, yet again, about these 'givens'. The worst nightmare is this new saved state in Word 8 or 9 that keeps the latest corrections and when I open it, it's all text, with all the corrections, old and new, all garbled together. I haven't a chance in hell of changing this. My work around is only for my peace of mind. I live South of your back yard, so to speak, way down below the equator, that is, where internet is also hell warmed over. One solution my ISP came up with recently when an email to my client, expected within minutes by them, was already late a couple of hours (I finally had to deliver by hand in a diskette) was to offer me a piece of virtual real estate in which to ftp my docs and let my client know the exact url from where they could download it. He said that given the difficult communications �thanks to spam jamming of ISPs� this was becoming the way to deliver large and small docs. I'd think part of a campaign in favor of ASCII email attachments ought to offer a solution and ftp'ing documents and having people 'pick them up' at a precise url would be an option. It takes some education, getting them to understand that only those who know the exact name of the doc can access it. Likewise one has to know FTP. Even so, it's like so obvious a solution, no one thinks of it. [snip] >Would you rather send an email that you hope, maybe, if the person has >the right client and installed software, they can read it. Or would >rather send an email that you know without a doubt, that no matter what >computer it ends up on, no matter what OS... they can read it, and they >can download it quickly and efficiently thanks to its small size. Couldn't agree more. And unfortunately though we all know and agree on the major culprit, it's only getting worse. Thanks for the shake-up, or would that be 'heads-up'? and as always, I appreciate the detail of your replies. virginia ___________________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
