On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 09:31:45 -0500, Spanky The Man
<SpankyTheMan@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 00:08:56 -0500, Vreejack
><homeless.beggar@internet.crossroads.usa> wrote:
>
>>Does anyone have working copies of the "Great Classes and Kits
>>Netbook" vols 1 and 2? Compiled by Sebastien Martin. It's from 1997.
>
>>There are a lot of copies of these on the web but I can't get any of
>>them to open, not even with google docs, which usually can open any
>>old Word file. From what I can tell, the contents are there, so I am
>>not sure what is wrong with the file, or how so many archives can have
>>non-functional copies.
>
>>D&D, of course.
>
>If DOC doesn't work, try these PDFs
>
>You may also wish to try LibreOffice when you are having issues
>opening older .DOC files. Despite the fact that they /invented/ the
>.DOC format, Microsoft Office (Word) often has issues opening or
>rendering files using older versions of the format. LibreOffice is
>often superior in this area (LibreOffice isn't quite as good with the
>newer formats, though)
>
Thanks, Spanky. This is outstanding, especially since it takes care of
possible formatting issues. I was using OpenOffice, but when even
Google won't recognize it you have to suspect somethign odd is going
on. Perhaps it is a combination of comlexity and age. It seems to be a
pre-Word97 doc with a lot of custom formatting.
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