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[Pavel Kharitonov]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Pavel Kharitonov <ineiev>       12/07/05 18:30:33

Modified files:
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        philosophy     : no-word-attachments.html 
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        per request of the original submitter.

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http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.73&r2=1.74
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/sylvester-response.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.15&r2=0

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 attachment.  (I think it is
 better to send the responses by hand, and make it clear that you have
 done so, because people will receive them better.)</p>
-<hr />
-
-<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>
 
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+$Date: 2012/07/05 18:29:57 $
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-<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
-<!-- Parent-Version: 1.68 -->
-<title>A Response Letter to the Word Attachments
-- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
-<meta http-equiv="Keywords" content="GNU, FSF, Free Software
-Foundation, Linux, general, public, license, gpl, general public
-license, freedom, software, power, rights, word, attachment, word
-attachment, microsoft" />
-<meta http-equiv="Description" content="This essay explains why
-Microsoft Word attachments to email are bad, and describes what you
-can do to help stop this practice." />
-<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
-<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/sylvester-response.translist" -->
-<h2>A Response Letter to the Word Attachments</h2>
-
-<p>From: The Reverend Father Martin Sylvester</p>
-<p>
-Sorry I was unable to read your attachment.  I hope the following is
-useful!
-</p>
-<p>
-You sent me an email with an attachment in Microsoft Word format,
-which is not a standard Internet format, but a proprietary one owned
-by Microsoft, and protected by them so people can't be sure of reading
-it properly unless they buy expensive Microsoft software.  If you had
-sent me your text inside a plain email (instead of as an attachment to
-an email), or as a plain text, rich text, HTML, or PDF attachment,
-then I would have been able to read it.
-</p>
-<p>
-Distributing documents in Word format is not good for you or for
-others.  You can't be sure what they will look like if someone views
-them with a different version of Word; some people may not be able to
-read them at all.
-</p>
-<p>
-Receiving Word attachments is not good for you because they can carry
-viruses: see
-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macro_virus_(computing)">
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macro_virus_(computing)</a>.
-</p>
-<p>
-Sending Word attachments is not good for you, because a Word document
-normally includes hidden information about the author, enabling those
-with the know-how to pry into the life of the person who wrote it.
-Text that you think you deleted may still be embarrassingly present in
-the file, but simply hidden from you when you view it using Word.  The
-person who reads your Word document with a different program might be
-able to see it all.  Your attachments might even contain fragments of
-documents you were working on prior to sending your email, in text
-that's invisible to you, but visible to some of the people who receive
-your Word attachments.  See
-<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3154479.stm";>
-http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3154479.stm</a> for more
-information.
-</p>
-<p>
-If someone is using a slow connection, or reading their email through
-their mobile (cellphone) or their handheld computer, your message
-might not be accessible to them at all if you send it as a Word
-attachment; if it is, it will take many, many times longer for them to
-download than if you send a plain email, and this could be very
-expensive for them on a wireless connection.
-</p>
-<p>
-Worse still, sending people Word documents is a discourtesy because it
-implies that if they don't own the programs that you use, you're not
-interested in whether or not they can read what you've written.
-Imagine sending a document in Latin to someone else without knowing
-whether or not they read Latin!  If you send someone a Word document,
-the only way they can be sure of reading it properly is to go out and
-buy Microsoft Word.  Not everyone can afford to do this, and millions
-of individuals and organizations use other word processing programs
-because they prefer them, or because they're cheaper or even free.
-</p>
-<p>
-Even some people who do own Word don't like to receive Word
-attachments because they don't want to get viruses.
-</p>
-<p>
-I hope it's clear that I'm not in any way trying to tell you off, but
-just to share with you some information that you might not have had an
-opportunity to consider, and which might be helpful to you.
-</p>
-<p>
-In case you do choose to reconsider using Word attachments as a method
-of communication, here's some information about ways of sending emails
-and attachments that anyone can read.
-</p>
-<p>
-If what's important in your email is the words, it's always, always
-best to send it as a plain text email.  This won't allow you to use
-italics or underlining, but will be readable on any email program on
-any device anywhere in the world.  To do this type your message right
-into a blank email in your email program, and check that it will be
-sent as a plain text mail (not HTML or RTF) &mdash; the
-&lsquo;Help&rsquo; function of your email program should explain how
-you can set it up to send plain text emails.  There are accepted
-conventions for emphasizing words or distinguishing titles of books.
-Emphasize words like this: it's *very* easy.  Cite references like
-this: Joseph Heller, _Catch 22_.
-</p>
-<p>
-Another way that might work is to compose your message in Word, then
-select and copy all of it.  Open your email program and create a new
-email, and paste the text into the area where you would type your
-message.  This is not entirely reliable, since different versions of
-Word work slightly differently, and it might add a whole load of
-invisible formatting codes to your email (invisible to you, using
-Word: a lengthy jumble of meaningless characters to someone who tries
-to read it using something else).
-</p>
-<p>
-If you have a very long document you want to send as an attachment, or
-a document which people won't be able to understand by means of the
-words alone (perhaps you have complicated formulae or tables in it, or
-you *must* use bold and italic), then there are still ways of doing
-this without appearing to show contempt for people who don't own
-Microsoft Word.
-</p>
-<p>
-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.
-</p>
-<p>
-To convert to plain text (or RTF, rich text) is almost the same
-&mdash; instead of HTML Document, choose Text Only or Text Document
-(or RTF or Rich text Format) as the Save As Type.
-</p>
-<p>
-Your computer may also have a program to convert to the PDF (or Adobe
-Acrobat) format, which was designed to make sure that when someone
-else views your document, it looks exactly the same on their computer
-as it did on yours.  Select File => Print.  Scroll through available
-printers and select the pdf converter.  Click on the Print button and
-enter a name for the pdf file when requested, then attach that file to
-your email.  There are some cheap or even free programs to make PDF
-files: use the search function at
-<a href="http://directory.fsf.org/";>http://directory.fsf.org/</a>
-to find them.
-</p>
-<p>
-I hope I haven't offended you by offering you this advice.  It can be
-a bit alarming to learn that the way we've been communicating has
-implied disrespect to some of the people who receive our
-communications. I thought &mdash; I hope I'm right &mdash; that you'd
-prefer to be told about it.
-</p>
-<p>
-If you want to explore this issue further, this web page
-<a href="/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html">
-http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html</a> might be a
-good place to start.
-</p>
-
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-<p>Copyright &copy; 2004 Martin Sylvester</p>
-
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