[christmas flame]
The 'hiding' only applies to Windows, and that's your own fault then...
and your responsibility to look after it. And since attachments are deprecated
on this list it further imposes no real problem at all.
[/christmas flame]
;-> Tim
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 11:08:27AM +0100, Vellieux Frederic wrote:
> James Stroud wrote:
>> On Dec 20, 2010, at 1:53 PM, Jacob Keller wrote:
>>> what is the .odp file extension?
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/mjokqs
>>
>> A .odp file is an "open document presentation". It is the open version
>> of a power point presentation.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument
>>
>> An .odp file is an ISO standard--like the country code you dial when
>> you call your favorite Aunt.
>>
>> You can open a .odp file with the free office suit called OpenOffice.
>> Just download it from http://www.openoffice.org/ and start
>> double-clicking to open the file just like you would if you were using
>> some other presentation software.
>>
>> Also, Jlliu Liu set a good example by sending the document in an open
>> format so anyone can open it (even though some may not have heard of
>> an odp file before). *By using an open format, Jlliu Liu has catered
>> to convenience rather than catering to ignorance,* and has increased
>> the range of people who can provide him with help.
>>
>> James
>
> But there was a double extension in the name of the file provided
> initially (.png.odp if I remember well).
>
> Programs that check viruses in incoming emails remove all files that
> carry double extensions because this is a way to "hide" the real nature
> of the file. They also remove .exe files and others (like having too
> many spaces in a file name).
>
> Fred.
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