On or about 8/12/03 12:33 AM Mick Rose AKA [EMAIL PROTECTED] eruditely mused the following:
>I have a regular problem where PC users have difficulty opening Word >documents (97/98 or rtf's) I send through and wonder whether it might be >an encoding issue. This may not be a decoding issue at all, but may be the way you name the files. Do you always name the files you send in the PC format, i.e. filename.doc? If you don't have the .doc suffix added, then the PC will not know what to do with the file AND usually the PC user just wants it to work. He/she is unlikely to change the file name, or maybe even know where it is, to add the suffix even if they realise that is the problem. We MAC users have not often needed to worry about file names and could omit the suffix or add characters that will balk any PC but if we need to interact with THEM, we must speak their language, or more correctly, know when to speak their language. Perhaps you know this already but it may assist someone else, though I doubt that with this knowledgeable group. Cheers Karl Webmaster for: IAS, Irish Airmail Society: http://members.aol.com/karlfranzw/AirmailSociety.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Share the message NOT the addresses. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please use BCC not TO or CC when forwarding or emailing several people. Would you really like me to distribute your unlisted telephone number? Basically it's the same thing and increases the Spam we all get. For email netiquette tips go here: <http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/65mailet.htm> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
