Preferred File Formats
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If you send files to me, please send them in one of these formats:
Please don't send files in Microsoft Word format. If you send documents in Microsoft Word format, a secret proprietary format, it is hard for me to read. If you send me plain text, Rich Text Format (RTF), or Adobe Acrobat PDF, then I can read it easily.
Distributing documents in Word format is bad for you and for others. You can't be sure what they will look like if someone views them with a different version of Word; they may not work at all.
Receiving Word attachments is bad for you because they can carry viruses (see http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/acro.html). Sending Word attachments is bad for you, because a Word document normally includes hidden information about the author, enabling those in the know to pry into the author's activities (maybe yours). Text that you think you deleted may still be embarrassingly present. See http://www.microsystems.com/Shares_Well.htm for more info.
Converting the file to Rich Text Format (RTF) 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 Rich Text Format (RTF). Then choose Save. You can then attach the new RTF document instead of your Word document. Note that versions of Word change in inconsistent ways -- if you see slightly different menu item names, please try them.
To convert to plain text is almost the same -- instead of RTF Document, choose Text Only or Text Document as the Save As Type.
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