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1 <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> 2 <!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 --> 3 <!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html --> 4 <!--#set var="TAGS" value="essays upholding action" --> 5 <!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" --> 6 <title>A Response Letter to the Word Attachments 7 - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> 8 <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" /> 9 <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/kevin-cole-response.translist" --> 10 <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> 11 <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/ph-breadcrumb.html" --> 12 <!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--> 13 <!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" --> 14 <div class="article reduced-width"> 15 <h2>A Response Letter to the Word Attachments</h2> 16 17 <address class="byline">by Kevin Cole</address> 18 19 <p> 20 This is an automatic message: 21 </p> 22 <p> 23 The document you have sent is not an Internet mail format. It is a 24 proprietary format that is unreadable on several types of computers, 25 including those used by visually-impaired readers and older computers 26 used in foreign countries. In most cases, the size of the file is 27 substantially larger than a plain-text file containing the same 28 information. (Even if it LOOKS like plain-text to you, chances are it 29 is not, and contains a considerable amount of unnecessary formatting 30 codes, printer information, etc.) In addition, Microsoft Word 31 documents are often infected with viruses. Excel, Access, and Power 32 Point files are also vulnerable to infection. 33 </p> 34 <p> 35 Please “Save As” DOS Text, HTML or Portable Document 36 Format (PDF) and send the resulting file as an attachment. Another 37 option is to simply type your message directly into mail (not 38 Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Word) then you won't need to use an 39 attachment at all. 40 </p> 41 <p> 42 In the highly unlikely event that your document cannot be converted to 43 an open, non-proprietary format, consider posting it on a web page, 44 and sending e-mail with the URL which points to the file. 45 </p> 46 <p> 47 Thank you. 48 </p> 49 <p> 50 (Microsoft is a criminal company that has been found guilty of 51 antitrust violations by both the U.S. District Court and the 52 U.S. Court of Appeals.) 53 </p> 54 </div> 55 56 </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above --> 57 <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" --> 58 <div id="footer" role="contentinfo"> 59 <div class="unprintable"> 60 61 <p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to 62 <a href="mailto:gnu@gnu.org"><gnu@gnu.org></a>. 63 There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a> 64 the FSF. Broken links and other corrections or suggestions can be sent 65 to <a href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org"><webmasters@gnu.org></a>.</p> 66 67 <p><!-- TRANSLATORS: Ignore the original text in this paragraph, 68 replace it with the translation of these two: 69 70 We work hard and do our best to provide accurate, good quality 71 translations. However, we are not exempt from imperfection. 72 Please send your comments and general suggestions in this regard 73 to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org"> 74 <web-translators@gnu.org></a>.</p> 75 76 <p>For information on coordinating and contributing translations of 77 our web pages, see <a 78 href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations 79 README</a>. --> 80 Please see the <a 81 href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations 82 README</a> for information on coordinating and contributing translations 83 of this article.</p> 84 </div> 85 86 <p>Copyright © 2003 Kevin Cole</p> 87 88 <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license" 89 href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative 90 Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p> 91 92 <!--#include virtual="/server/bottom-notes.html" --> 93 94 <p class="unprintable">Updated: 95 <!-- timestamp start --> 96 $Date: 2021/09/19 15:41:10 $ 97 <!-- timestamp end --> 98 </p> 99 </div> 100 </div><!-- for class="inner", starts in the banner include --> 101 </body> 102 </html>