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What the Format?

I just have to post this.  Typical work scenario… we have Microsoft Office 2003 at our fairly large company.  IT has been reluctant to move to Office 2007, thankfully.  However, other companies have already made the switch and we're starting to receive the new office file types.  Oh you didn't know that Microsoft changed the file types in it's new version of Office, and the new file types are incompatible with all older versions of Office?  Where have you been? 

You have to either download the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack, which we can't do because we're on corporate IT lockdown; or you have to use an online file converter like Zamzar, which we can't get to because it's firewalled (because we're on corporate IT lockdown); or you have to do what I have to do, which is…bring your Mac to work and use something like OpenOffice 3.0 to open the file and save it as an older version .doc file.  How crazy is that work process? 

I mean…what are all those people without Macs gonna do?

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  1. June 13th, 2008 at 10:24 | #1

    You’ve got to be kidding me. That is seriously messed up! Makes me glad I’m on a Mac and don’t have to deal with that kind of nonsense.

  2. June 13th, 2008 at 10:26 | #2

    No Brad, I wish I was kidding, but that is the life of Microsoft and IT lockdown.

  3. die skim
    June 13th, 2008 at 15:59 | #3

    live happy meaningful lives

  4. June 13th, 2008 at 16:16 | #4

    Touche?

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