On Friday 08 June 2007 19:50, jdd wrote: > Randall R Schulz wrote: > > On Friday 08 June 2007 08:56, jdd wrote: > >> My son had just the problem of opening a "mdi" file. this was very > >> important because it was a subscription formulary to his university. > >> > >> seems like a new microsoft file format, near pdf (on XP, acrobat try > >> to open then fails), M$office 2003 opens it > > > > PDF? I don't think so, unless they're using that suffix for two widely > > disparate file types: > > > > <http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HP062193601033.aspx> > > <http://filext.com/file-extension/MDI> > > on my XP, when clicking on the file, acrobat tried to open it.. so the > gess > > > Try opening it in GIMP (possibly renaming it to something.tiff, first). > > don't work. seems to be seen as a tiff file, but with an unknown > compression sheme > > seems to have no linux reader for it's patented. M$ gives a free > reader though, but not for Linux > > jdd > > > -- > http://www.dodin.net > http://gourmandises.orangeblog.fr/
Have you googled about it? "Microsoft Document Imaging... it's included with Office 2003." Seems the same big ol'e fck as usual.. M$ inventing something to force all users to upgrade to latest and most expensive versions of their software... But have a peek at http://www.andrewconnell.com/blog/archive/2004/07/26/419.aspx The thread states a few hints -- /Rikard ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] web : http://www.rikjoh.com mob: : +46 (0)763 19 76 25 ------------------------ Public PGP fingerprint ---------------------------- < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78 46 1C EE 56 >
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