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I came across this interesting piece in my local paper at the weekend. Article courtesy of the Courier & Advertiser Weekend supplement Network by Giles Turnbull (www.gilest.org) - Sat 18/12/2010 Can't print, won't print We've all send requests at the end of email messages, imploring us not to print, to think of the trees instead. Now the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has created its own digital document format for computers, with the suffix .wwf (instead of .doc or .docx or .pdf you might be used to). WWF files look the same but have one crucial difference: they can't be printed at all. WWF hopes we will all install its software package and send WWF documents around to discourage printing and save paper. The download is only available for MACs right now, Windows software is "coming soon". http://www.saveaswwf.com/en How is that for a revolutionary way to cut paper and make a leap of faith in a truly digital world? I am sure everyone of us would feel uncomfortable selecting the WWF option "just in case" we need to print that document one day..... (and of course the true digital records manager amongst us will ask loads of questions about the accessibility over time!). Still, a development worth mentioning! Regards, Edith ******************************************* Edith Pringault-Adam Information and Records Manager Aberdeenshire Council Tel: 07767618856 [log in to unmask] Working Monday to Wednesday ************************************************************************************ This e-mail may contain privileged information intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error, please accept our apologies and notify the sender, deleting the e-mail afterwards. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the e-mail's author and do not necessarily represent those of Aberdeenshire Council. www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk ************************************************************************************ To view the list archives go to: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the words UNSUBSCRIBE RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK For any technical queries re JISC please email [log in to unmask] For any content based queries, please email [log in to unmask]