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Subject:Re: Receiving Word 6 files From:Jim Strohm <jstrohm -at- TEXAS -dot- NET> Date:Tue, 19 Aug 1997 13:25:50 -0500
>I have a client who has not upgraded to Windows 95 yet. He has
>Microsoft Word 6.0 but not Word 7.0 or Word 97, and really does not want
>to upgrade.
>
>I have been able to receive and open Word files from him; however, when
>he opens my returned file with changes, it was nothing but garbage--no
>real text.
Try "Save As" and select Word 6 format -- or whatever the client's
platform is.
Else use RTF or straight text.
It's not ALL garbage -- your text is actually in the file somewhere.
It's just that MS used a number of inelegant ways to store data within
a file to allow stuff like faster saves.
Jim Strohm
jstrohm -at- texas -dot- net
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