dmc@puffin. (D.M.Chapman) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:

If you are hoping to exchange documents with people who use MS Office
then expect some pain.

Expect that between versions of MS Office, too.

SWMBO applied for a job a while back. The application form was sent
through as a Word .doc (definitely created in Office, probably XP)

She opened it in 2k7 on Vista. The formatting was utterly unusable, and
the document had spread to about 95 pages.

I opened it in OpenOffice on Linux. It was utterly workable. Completed,
PDF'd and sent. Job jobbed.