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Subject:Re: Links from HTML to Word documents From:"Richard G. Combs" <richard -dot- combs -at- voyanttech -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 19 Jul 2001 16:36:12 -0600
Blaine Bachman wrote:
> As recently as Word 6.0 (okay, that's not so recent), utilities capable
> of displaying everything in a .DOC file were available. Since the Word
> file format of the time (and should it be any different today?) kept all
> revisions as deltas at the end of the file, sharing Word documents may
> compromise information that your company might just as soon keep
> private.
This is *only* true if you have Allow Fast Saves turned on, and one good
reason why you shouldn't! The other is that it exponentially increases the
chances of file corruption and gains you almost nothing -- maybe a few
tenths of seconds now and then.
In most, if not all, versions of Word, Allow Fast Saves is turned on by
default, and I *strongly* advise all Word users to turn it off.
"It's my opinion and it's very true."
Richard
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Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Voyant Technologies, Inc.
richard -dot- combs -at- voyanttech -dot- com
303-223-5111
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rgcombs -at- free-market -dot- net
303-777-0436
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