Way to view MS Office's new file format

[NoOp]

On 07/22/2008 10:35 AM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote:
> Linda Hanigan wrote:
>> Is there an open source way to view MS Office's new file format? We
>> are starting to get more of these annoying files as email 
>> attachments.
> 
> This might help.
> 
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
> 
> Peter HB
> 

Not likely:
<quote>
You sent the attachment in Microsoft Word format, a secret proprietary
format, so I cannot read it. If you send me the plain text, HTML, or
PDF, then I could read it.
</quote>

HTML is turned off on _all_ of my email clients.