Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:14:51 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Christian Barthel <test@nyx.user-mode.org> Cc: mexas@bristol.ac.uk, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: extracting text from docx files Message-ID: <20110811121451.3d189d7a.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20110809191610.GA6129@nyx.user-mode.org> References: <20110809133632.GA37445@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20110809191610.GA6129@nyx.user-mode.org>
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On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 21:16:11 +0200, Christian Barthel wrote: > On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 02:36:32PM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > I often receive information in *.docx format > > from my MS using colleagues. Sometimes I can > > ask for a pdf (or similar) instead, but not always. > > You have a lot of nice options: > - Force them to use BSD/Linux ;) > - explain them, why docx is shit! > - don't read it I also suggest to combine this with reading the following article: http://en.nothingisreal.com/wiki/Please_don't_send_me_Microsoft_Word_documents It's very polite and precise about why using "DOC" files is generally a bad idea. It can be easily concluded that it also applies to "DOCX" files. The document also discusses alternatives. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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