-> TW> Open Office is an excellent example. It is a Second best
-> TW> decidedly when compaired to Win Office Suite. In fact Jean
-> TW> Parrot sent me a program with a MS word Doc it could not
-> TW> Handle. 

-> The ".doc" file is a poor choice as a 'test' of compatibility.

Opened just fine here :-)

-> Windows versions over the years have been incapable of reading
-> ".doc" files created by previous versions of Windows. 
   
Tell me about it :-(
I keep RECORDS of business transactions on computer and Winblows
fails to read it's own file format!{at}

-> When
-> Microsoft can't read their own file format who can be faulted
-> for having the same problem? 

I've got F-86.doc on /dev/fd0
and /home/knoppix/tmp/F-86.doc here and Knoppix Open Office has
no trouble with the file at all.
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