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From: Woody on 29 Jan 2010 09:49
Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:08:56 +0000, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter
> Ceresole) wrote:
>
> >When I politely suggested to the sender that attaching .docx files was a
> >dodgy idea and that it would be better to send them out as .doc files,
> >she replied that her computer system automatically converted all
> >attachments to .docx.
>
> It's a lie.

How Rowlandesque of you!

Maybe she was just wrong?


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Woody

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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 29 Jan 2010 10:03
On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:49:19 +0000, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody)
wrote:

>Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:08:56 +0000, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter
>> Ceresole) wrote:
>>
>> >When I politely suggested to the sender that attaching .docx files was a
>> >dodgy idea and that it would be better to send them out as .doc files,
>> >she replied that her computer system automatically converted all
>> >attachments to .docx.
>>
>> It's a lie.
>
>How Rowlandesque of you!
>
>Maybe she was just wrong?

Quite likely.

However, as an erstwhile sysadmin I simply assume everyone is lying
about their computers when they want something fixed. Whether these
are intentional or unwitting lies makes no difference to my actions,
only my attitude to the person involved afterwards.

I will never know this person, so to me it's a matter of irrelevence.

This also works for assuming all other drivers on the road are out to
kill me. It's entirely incorrect, most of them are merely unaware of
me or my bike, but setting myself to use the emotive term keeps me
sharper - and so far, alive.

Cheers - Jaimie
--
Note that despite substantial evidence to the contrary, it is in fact possible
to delete files copied to the desktop, and you don't need to throw away the
computer and get a new one once the desktop is full. -- Peter Corlett, ASR
From: Woody on 29 Jan 2010 10:07
Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:

> This also works for assuming all other drivers on the road are out to
> kill me. It's entirely incorrect, most of them are merely unaware of
> me or my bike, but setting myself to use the emotive term keeps me
> sharper - and so far, alive.

Actually that is a perfectly reasonable assumption

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Woody

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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 29 Jan 2010 10:22
On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:07:59 +0000, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody)
wrote:

>Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
>
>> This also works for assuming all other drivers on the road are out to
>> kill me. It's entirely incorrect, most of them are merely unaware of
>> me or my bike, but setting myself to use the emotive term keeps me
>> sharper - and so far, alive.
>
>Actually that is a perfectly reasonable assumption

There's a corollary - that they're not very bloody good at it!

Whether "it" is driving or trying-to-kill-me is up for discussion.

Speaking of which, my sister passed her test yesterday. I must remind
her not to kill any bikers.

Cheers - Jaimie
--
My swerver room, my patch panels. By the time they figure out why none of the
ports on their floor box work anymore I'll be done, dusted and down the pub
with a pint of something brewed with yeast that was smarter than they are.
-- Matt S Trout, asr
From: D.M. Procida on 29 Jan 2010 10:26
Martin S Taylor <mst(a)hRyEpMnOoVtEiTsHm.cIo.uSk> wrote:

> > Or is it limited to Word Processing, just as in iWork '08?
>
> Just Word Processing, it appears.

Thanks - here's another question.

One thing I'd like to have in Word Processing mode is the equivalent of
CSS's "clear".

So, when I have an inline object that causes wrapping (which in CSS
would be a floated object), I could get the next heading to clear it,
that is, start below it.

Is this possible in the latest iWork?

Daniele
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