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Then you can Save As .doc - or any printable format. Jen Parker Let's embrace new ideas, not simply scoff at them. > Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:20:51 +0000 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Can't print Won't print - New WWF format for documents > To: [log in to unmask] > > And what happens if you want to show it to someone who doesn't have > access to a computer...? > > Feels like digital exclusion to me! > > Donald Henderson > Information Compliance Manager > Perth and Kinross Council > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The UK Records Management mailing list > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Edith > Pringault-Adam > Sent: 21 December 2010 11:09 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Can't print Won't print - New WWF format for documents > > 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. 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