Another idea for dealing with the .docx files that Does Not Work!
It’s still bothering me that a user cannot simply and easily open these files and work with them. I had another idea: Gmail now includes the option to open some files as Google documents — would this work with the dread .docx?
I tested it out by ‘gmailing’ myself some attachments and here are the results. While I was at it I tested out a few other formats to see what Google offered me for them:
| Filetype | Gmail offers to open as: |
|---|---|
| .docx |
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| .txt |
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| .odt |
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| .rtf |
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| .doc |
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Just when I thought Google was going to help me out of this one — they didn’t. Hey Google! Are you listening?!
19 March 2007, 12:55 pm
Candace,
I came across this today: http://www.scribd.com/ described as “Youtube for Documents”. I have no idea if they support the latest XML formats, nor do I know if there’s a way to keep the document private or take them down once they’ve been converted into PDF, but I thought I’d send the link your way so you can check it out.
Jeff
21 March 2007, 9:02 pm
thanks Jeff. I appreciate all the ideas.