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Re: Microsoft and obsolescence

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From: Lee Wei Shun
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 00:00
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It is thus, and to all those who disbelieve me (y'all did try it,
didn't  ya?), Dear Clippit will remind you that you have done so
everytime you try to save something.

MS does go out of it's way to please you. :\

Anyone know how to turn the darn thing off?

Regards,
Wei Shun


Richard Steiner wrote:

<snip>
> And this setting will stick with Word and will always save documents in
> the format I specifed (let's say Word 6/95) with that copy of Word until
> I change my mind and specify otherwise?
> 
> (I'm not at work at this point and can't check it out myself)
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From: Lee Wei Shun <leews@pacific.net.sg>
Subject: Re: Microsoft and obsolescence
Date: 1998/10/06
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