Shots In The Dark
Monday, November 26, 2007
  Word Down
The Crimson reports that a new version of Microsoft Word is frustrating students.

Some users complain that Word 2007, which is installed in Harvard’s computer labs, has created incompatibility problems and is difficult to navigate.

Documents are now saved as “.docx” files instead of the traditional “.doc” format, making it difficult to open newer files on older versions of the software.

This is the kind of thing that makes a Mac user chuckle. Why on earth would anyone want to save a document with the ending ".doc" or ".docx"?

I mean, really—.docx?

Thankfully, such nuttiness isn't to be found on Office for Mac.....
  6:40 AM  
Comments:
It will be, Oscar, it will be.
# posted by Anonymous : November 26, 2007 8:56 AM
 
talk to me when apple actually develops their own word processing system. until then, we're all still sucking at the microsoft teat, even if it is office for mac
# posted by Anonymous : November 26, 2007 2:51 PM
 
They really should, shouldn't they?
# posted by Richard : November 26, 2007 3:10 PM
 
.docx is the xtml version of the file format that older versions can't read. Sorry for going geek on you.
# posted by yellojkt : November 26, 2007 4:35 PM
 
4:35--Sure that's not XML?
# posted by Anonymous : November 26, 2007 5:56 PM
 
Yeah, the new Word is a general piece of crap in other ways too. Why did they have to change it ... Oh yeah, to make money.
# posted by Anonymous : November 26, 2007 7:03 PM
 
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