... And, in the case of Word, especially if the document is Quick Saved, the stream will change.
Another thing that will change in Word and in Excel is if you simply print the document. Both Word and Excel will change the document stream, depending on the resolution and the driver characteristics of the printer you select. Even the structure of a word document can change. In this case, when you save the Word document after downloading, even the page breaks can change, because of slight variations in the actual font size used by the printer driver for the default printer you have selected. This is particularly true if your default printer has a resolution of 600 dpi or 1200 dpi, but the document you upload was created with a printer of lower resolution. It turns out that 10 pt Arial or Times Roman renders as slightly larger on a 600 dpi printer vs 300 dpi. So if you save a Word document while a different resolution of printer is your default printer, you may find that soft page breaks are either inserted or removed. A printer of higher resolution tends to insert page breaks, or move them to previous lines. Also, I don't get how uploading the saved file actually proves anything, especially if the subcontractor disagrees with the main contractor. If the subcontractor simply uploads the file, the main contractor can say you must have seen this version of the document - and produce the copy that the subcontractor uploaded. The bytes making up the file that the contractor uploaded might be completely different. But that would be OK as long as the main contractor saved the copy that the subcontractor uploaded. Of course, the GC still has to be able to show that the copy came from the subcontractor, not from some other source. And that no subsequent changes to the specification had been agreed upon. Would it not be better to use a secure transfer? Maybe coupled with some algorithm such as Kerberos? -----Original Message----- From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Nokleberg Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 3:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: What does Saving As do? Herbert M. Harrell wrote: > Think of a situation where you download a Word document, which is > automatically opened in Word. Without making any changes, you save it > under its original name to your desktop. > > Your copy is no longer a byte-for-byte duplicate of the original. In fact you do not need to even save the document for there to be changes. For example, simply *opening* a PowerPoint document will modify the user name stored in the CurrentUserAtom record, unless you have the file marked as read-only. Chris --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
