[ale] this week's WTF

[arxaaron]

If you just want to get the thing printed and don't need to
resolve the underlying file issue, you might try export as
PDF and print that.

I just had a document sent to me with a .doc extension that was
actually a .docx and OOo (neooffice) wouldn't load it and came
up asking me to manually selected an import filter.   Fixing the
extension to docx resolved the issue.

peace
aaron

On 2010/12/14, at 15:21 , Sean Kilpatrick wrote:

> I don't think this is a virus problem.  The file was created on a  
> Mac with
> the current OS using the latest (and greatest!!) version of Word.  
> Yet the
> printer queue on the Mac gagged on the file and wouldn't send it on  
> to the
> network printer.  So she emailed it to me and the same thing  
> happened on
> my machine.
>
> It is as if there is some sort of metadata that is screwing up the  
> works.
> I have no trouble saving other .doc files to other formats, such  
> as .pdf or
> .odt.  Only I can't do that with this particular file.
>
> For the record, I was able, finally, to Save As .html and then  
> convert that
> to .odt and print it.  But, good grief!
>
> Further experimentation profits a clue:  the file name.  If I rename  
> the
> file, THEN I can save it in another format.
>
> original file name: <TheateratEmorymission12:10.doc>
>
> Is there something in there (the : for example) that would screw up  
> the
> works.  And why would the print spooler give a damn about the file  
> name?
>
> Sean
>
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