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Hey butch, many thanks for this!!!
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Curtis Delzer, HS.
K6VFO
San Bernardino, CA
On Mon, 8 Dec 2014 09:43:58 -0800
Butch Bussen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Not exactly ham related, but info I thought some might be interested in.
> Anyhow, I don't know if any of you receive social security notices on cd
> or not, but I do and I have found something strange the last year or so.
> The file has an extension of doc and the readme.txt says this file or
> notice can be read by wword 2003 or later. not exactly true. When I try
> to read it in 2003, I get garbage. I installed a conversion program some
> time ago so my word 2003 will read d o c x files. If I change the
> extension to this file to a d o c x, the file reads and converts fine.
> Presumably the doofuses who create these think all they have to do is
> change the extension. In reality these files are actually a d o c x file.
> Just thought I'd pass this along.
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> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.
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