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   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro   wrote:   
   >On Sun, 9 Jun 2024 14:42:22 -0700, HenHanna wrote:   
   >   
   >> Is there a viewer for  .doc   files?   
   >   
   >.doc is an extension often used for text files, e.g.   
   >.   
      
   No, sadly ".doc" files are in an older Word format, and people often send   
   them when they think they are sending text files... and they wind up   
   sending an awful lot of metadata that they might not want to be sending   
   (like the undo history).  LibreOffice will read Word files and let you   
   export to text, pdf, or rtf formats which are safe to share.   
   --scott   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
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