mmiller3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> "Amy" == Amy Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > mmiller3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> You might consider printing them with openoffice and then > >> asking them to explain the hardcopy to you. This works > >> especially well if there are included figures. Works if > >> you have access to an older version of office too. > >> Especially if the software that produces the wierd > >> hardcopy is on university machines. > > I appreciate the suggestion, but that's not really relevant > > for a couple of reasons (if I get your meaning correctly). > I suspect you may have missed my meaning. I'm not suggesting > that you use openoffice to read the documents you are complaining > about - I'm suggesting that you use a tool that will illustrate > to your nemesis that the format is not well suited for sharing > documents. Ah, yes. I did completely misinterpret what you were saying. Sorry about that. Yes, that is a very good idea, and I'll look into maybe sharing info. about OpenOffice with them (though it's unlikely that most will be able to install anything on school 'puters). > On the other hand, if you aren't willing to use a pointing device > at all (or is it just mice?), then you may be out of luck > altogether. Are you trying to convince the administration to use > different data formats? Or that they aught not use a mouse? I don't care whether they use a mouse or type with their feet (though that latter might be pretty cool). I just get frustrated when put in a situation where *I* am forced to try to use one, usually with little success. As long as they send things out in open formats I'm fine, though if (when I double-check on the legal thing quoted a couple of messages back) it turns out that reverse engineering/using the products of reverse engineering is *definitely* protected legally in the U.S., I may be in a better position all of a sudden because I'll know that I *can* rely on having access to decoders such as antiword (I could really use a lightweight one for Excel and Powerpoint, though, if that ends up being the case). So. That's that. Amy -- Shading within a garment may occur. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
