2002-04-24 I have Office 97 on my system and word 97 opened it fine. No messages, no errors.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2002-04-24 14:49 Subject: [USMA:19613] RE: Answer from MT editors > Adrian: > > As not everyone has Word 2000 (or a word processor that can read Word 2000 > documents -- Word 97 cannot, for example), I've resaved your document in > Rich Text Format (RTF). Most word processors (and all recent ones) can read > RTF files. I recommend you save any intended attachments in that format in > the future. > > Good letter, by the way. I agree with you that, given that A0 paper has an > area of exactly 1 m^2, A series can justifiably be called hard metric, even > though the standards (A, B and C series) are not, themselves, SI. > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > Behalf Of Adrian Jadic > > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 10:10 > > To: U.S. Metric Association > > Subject: [USMA:19610] Answer from MT editors > > > > > > In the latest MT there was a note from the editor regarding our > > discussions > > about using A3 paper for MT instaead of 11"x17". > > It bothered me that we still don't get it that the A series as > > well as B and > > C series are *metric* sizes and people who are supposed to be > > specialists in > > metric matters still believe that since the sizes of the A4 are not round > > cm or dm values than the A4 is not metric. > > > > I wrote a small explanation letter asking them to publish it in > > response to > > the eroneous Editor's note but instead I got the cold shoulder similar to > > what we get from all enemies of the metric system. In the meantime all > > readers have been "assured" that the A series are not metric > > therefore such > > move is not justified. > > > > I am attaching my letter in MS Word 2000 format (no bugs). I need to use a > > word processing format since I used special text formatting. > > > > Adrian Jadic > > > > Following is the MT reply: I will comment on it in my next message to the > > listserv. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Valerie Antoine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, 04 April, 2002 12:28 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: Lorelle Young; Hillger, Don > > Subject: Letter to the Editor > > > > > > Thanks for your "Letter to the Editor" input, Adrian. You make some good > > points. However, USMA's mission is to make [correctly used] SI the only > > measurement language used by the United States, not to promote > > international > > standards. Of course, most international standards DO use SI. > > But we are > > not chartered to promote international standards. > > > > I get so MANY letters on various subjects from members and > > non-members that > > most of the 8 pages of Metric Today would be filled with only > > those letters, > > if I printed them. I cannot print letters from some members, and ignore > > letters from other members. > > > > There are times when I can't find room for ALL of the news articles > > available for an issue of Metric Today, much less find room for letters. > > Therefore, a policy has been established to NOT print letters to > > the editor > > in Metric Today, but to supply the Listserver for the exchange of comments > > between members. > > >
