Thread: What format to store books in? What software to read them with?
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Old 01-02-2008, 08:28 PM   #55
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I dropped DOC, XLS, MDB, etc when Microsoft moved to DOCX, XLSX, etc because Microsoft's data formats are too ephemeral for long-term use.
Take a look at: http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/01/01/137257.shtml
"Office 2003 Service Pack Disables Older File Formats"

Basically, older file formats are removed automatically from Office 2003, unless you go through an unworkable work-around.

That's why it is critical to standardize on file formats, and keep your files in only those formats.

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