__/ [ Linonut ] on Saturday 03 June 2006 01:36 \__
> After takin' a swig o' grog, B Gruff belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> Microsoft is making changes to the next versions of both Office and
>> Windows
>> as part of an effort to head off a legal challenge from Adobe Systems.
>>
>> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6079519.html
>
> I think this is the issue, then, not the usage of PDF saving in MS
> Office:
>
> "The company is making two main changes. With Vista, it plans to give
> computer makers the option of dropping some support for XPS,
> Microsoft's fixed-format document type that some have characterized
> as a PDF-killer. Under the changes, Microsoft will still use XPS
> under the hood to help the operating system print files. But computer
> makers won't have to include the software that allows users to view
> XPS files or to save documents as XPS files."
Need we add a new filter to our E-mail accounts? An autoresponder for xps
attachments, _as well as_ doc, xls, wma and wmv?
Best wishes,
Roy
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