www/philosophy no-word-attachments.html

[Yavor Doganov]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Yavor Doganov <yavor>   07/05/31 12:44:17

Modified files:
        philosophy     : no-word-attachments.html 

Log message:
        Proper quotes and dashes; use relative links.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.43&r2=1.44

Patches:
Index: no-word-attachments.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html,v
retrieving revision 1.43
retrieving revision 1.44
diff -u -b -r1.43 -r1.44
--- no-word-attachments.html    14 Apr 2007 13:32:59 -0000      1.43
+++ no-word-attachments.html    31 May 2007 12:44:13 -0000      1.44
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
    
 <h2>We Can Put an End to Word Attachments</h2>
 
-<p>by <strong>Richard M. Stallman, Jan 2002</strong></p>
+<p>by <strong>Richard M. Stallman</strong>
+<br />
+Jan 2002
+</p>
 
 <p>
 Don't you just hate receiving Word documents in email messages?  Word
@@ -50,18 +53,19 @@
 Many GNU users who receive Word documents try to find ways to handle
 them.  You can manage to find the somewhat obfuscated ASCII text in
 the file by skimming through it.  Free software today can read some
-Word documents, but not all--the format is secret and has not been
+Word documents, but not all&mdash;the format is secret and has not been
 entirely decoded.  Even worse, Microsoft can change it at any time.</p>
 
 <p>
-In the future, they might use <a 
href="/philosophy/can-you-trust.html">Palladium</a>
-or some other
-"treacherous computing" facility in a new version of Word format, to
-make it utterly hopeless for any software to access the files without
-Microsoft authorization.  There are also reports that Microsoft is
-planning to use patented extensions to XML as the basis for a future
-Word format; anyone who implements free software to read those files
-could be sued for patent infringement by Microsoft.</p>
+In the future, they might
+use <a href="/philosophy/can-you-trust.html">Palladium</a> or some
+other &ldquo;treacherous computing&rdquo; facility in a new version of
+Word format, to make it utterly hopeless for any software to access
+the files without Microsoft authorization.  There are also reports
+that Microsoft is planning to use patented extensions to XML as the
+basis for a future Word format; anyone who implements free software to
+read those files could be sued for patent infringement by
+Microsoft.</p>
 
 <p>
 If you think of the document you received as an isolated event, it is
@@ -84,9 +88,9 @@
 If we all do this, we will have a much larger effect.  People who
 disregard one polite request may change their practice when they
 receive multiple polite requests from various people.  We may be able
-to give "don't send Word format" the status of netiquette, if we start
-systematically raising the issue with everyone who sends us Word
-files.</p>
+to give &ldquo;don't send Word format&rdquo; the status of netiquette,
+if we start systematically raising the issue with everyone who sends
+us Word files.</p>
 
 <p>
 To make this effort efficient, you will probably want to develop a
@@ -99,8 +103,8 @@
 <p>
 You can use these replies verbatim if you like, or you can personalize
 them or write your own.  By all means construct a reply that fits your
-ideas and your personality--if the replies are personal and not all
-alike, that will make the campaign more effective.</p>
+ideas and your personality&mdash;if the replies are personal and not
+all alike, that will make the campaign more effective.</p>
 
 <p>
 These replies are meant for individuals who send Word files.  When you
@@ -167,16 +171,18 @@
 with other people?</em></p>
 
 <p>
-<em>To convert the file to HTML using Word is simple.  Open the document, click
-on File, then Save As, and in the Save As Type strip box at the bottom
-of the box, choose HTML Document or Web Page.  Then choose Save.  You
-can then attach the new HTML document instead of your Word document.
-Note that Word changes in inconsistent ways--if you see slightly
-different menu item names, please try them.</em></p>
+<em>To convert the file to HTML using Word is simple.  Open the
+document, click on File, then Save As, and in the Save As Type strip
+box at the bottom of the box, choose HTML Document or Web Page.  Then
+choose Save.  You can then attach the new HTML document instead of
+your Word document.  Note that Word changes in inconsistent
+ways&mdash;if you see slightly different menu item names, please try
+them.</em></p>
 
 <p>
-<em>To convert to plain text is almost the same--instead of HTML
-Document, choose Text Only or Text Document as the Save As Type.</em></p>
+<em>To convert to plain text is almost the same&mdash;instead of HTML
+Document, choose Text Only or Text Document as the Save As
+Type.</em></p>
 
 <p>
 <em>Your computer may also have a program to convert to pdf format.
@@ -214,7 +220,7 @@
 <p>
 John D. Ramsdell suggests people to discourage the use of Microsoft
 Word and PowerPoint attachments by making a small statement in their
-.signature file:</p>
+<kbd>.signature</kbd> file:</p>
 
 <hr />
 
@@ -225,17 +231,26 @@
 <hr />
 
 <p>
-<a href="papadopoulos-response.html">Here is a response letter</a> by 
Alexandros Papadopoulos to an email message with word attachment.</p>
+<a href="/philosophy/papadopoulos-response.html">Here is a response
+letter</a> by Alexandros Papadopoulos to an email message with word
+attachment.</p>
 
 <hr />
 
 <p>
-Kevin Cole of the Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C <a 
href="kevin-cole-response.html">sends out this automatic reply message</a> 
whenever he receives a word attachment.</p>
+Kevin Cole of the Gallaudet University in Washington,
+D.C <a href="/philosophy/kevin-cole-response.html">sends out this
+automatic reply message</a> whenever he receives a word
+attachment.</p>
 
 <hr />
 
 <p>
-Father Martin Sylvester offers <a href="sylvester-response.html">a more 
lengthy response</a> that adds the concept that it is a discourtesy to send 
Word attachments to a recipient when you don't know that they can read them.</p>
+Father Martin Sylvester
+offers <a href="/philosophy/sylvester-response.html">a more lengthy
+response</a> that adds the concept that it is a discourtesy to send
+Word attachments to a recipient when you don't know that they can read
+them.</p>
 
 </div>
 
@@ -245,10 +260,10 @@
 <p>
 Please send FSF &amp; GNU inquiries to 
 <a href="mailto:address@hidden";><em>address@hidden</em></a>.
-There are also <a href="http://www.fsf.org/about/contact.html";>other ways to 
contact</a> 
+There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a> 
 the FSF.
 <br />
-Please send broken links and other corrections (or suggestions) to
+Please send broken links and other corrections or suggestions to
 <a href="mailto:address@hidden";><em>address@hidden</em></a>.
 </p>
 
@@ -270,7 +285,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2007/04/14 13:32:59 $
+$Date: 2007/05/31 12:44:13 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>