.snp wtf!

[Carlton Noles]

Don't misunderstand MS bites and is not as readily available. My experience
has been that more often than not people are WAY to proud of their
formatting.Ii am just saying don't send the extra baggage if it isn't
necessary. If text is enough use text. If the format is absolutely essential
to the information then use pdf or what ever you wish. I have seen way to
many messages in PDF where the only thing that mattered to anyone other than
the sender was the information. In such cases PDF (or DOC or SNP or XLS)
files are unnecessary and a nuisance. I realise that with modern computing
technology and bandwith we can send each other incredibly over formatted
documents and it really won't be too much of a drain on resources, However
just because we can doesn't mean we should.

But the computer world has moved past that and now we are looking for files
that can be read by everyone AND keep the formatting and style that is
wanted by thesender.


BTW if the sender insists on sending me their latest personal life news
layed out like the Sunday new york times they will find their email being
deleted more often than read at this end.

On 11/21/05, katsklaw <katsklaw69 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> PDF may be "special" to some extent, however there are free PDF readers
> for
> every OS, unlike some Microsoft formats.
>
> kat
>
> On Monday 21 November 2005 10:22, Carlton Noles wrote:
> > PDF another "'special' way of doing something that shouldn't be done a
> > 'special' way"
> >
> > Just sayin.
> >
> > On 11/21/05, Sarangan Thuraisingham <sarangan.thuraisingham at gmail.com>
> >
> > wrote:
> > > neil woolford wrote:
> > > > One of my brother's suppliers has just sent him a quote as an email
> > > > attachment in .snp format. That is Microsoft Access Snapshot format,
> a
> > > > 'special' way of doing something that shouldn't be done a 'special'
> > > > way...
> > >
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > > Are there any ways of opening these pernicious files on a Linux
> system?
> > > >
> > > > Neil
> > >
> > > You could ask the supplier to send the file as a PDF. The latest
> > > versions of Microsoft Office Suite allows exporting to PDF.
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > > - Saru
> > > ------------------------------------
> > > Sarangan Thuraisingham
> > > ECS, University of Southampton, UK
> > >
> > > Tux is the Best
> > > Next is the Rest
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