[FX.php List] [OFF] Trouble with clients trying to download DOCX files from web server

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

The active browser for each computer has to set which application is
to open the document of specified file extension or MIME-type, with a
known installed application this is never a problem.

ggt

2007/12/31, Alex Gates <alex at gandrpublishing.com>:
> Bob,
>
> While your client has MS Word on his mac, .docx won't open properly
> because .docx wasn't introduced until the 08 version of Office.
> It has been available for Windows for a while now, but won't be
> available for Mac until mid-January.
>
> If they upgrade to the new version of Office in January, (or to Leopard)
> it won't be a problem.
>
> Until then, they'll need the plugin.
>
> My guess is it is opening the jumbled garbage in the browser because
> there is no program associated with .docx. With the plugin or the
> updated program(s), I don't think it will open anything in the browser.
> I'm not sure though - I'm not running Leopard. It wouldn't be out of the
> question for Safari in Leopard to open the docs right in the browser.
> I'm not sure, though.
>
> Alex
>
>
>
> Bob Patin wrote:
> > I think the coin just dropped... :)
> >
> > So if my client downloads that plugin below, he will be able to download
> > the file in his browser? So if I'm understanding this correctly, if he
> > has the plugin, it also enables the browser to download the file rather
> > than open it in a browser window?
> >
> > Sounds strange to me, but if you guys say it's so... :)
> >
> > I'll pass this on to my client and see if that fixes it for him.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > On Dec 30, 2007, at 4:33 PM, Alex Gates wrote:
> >
> >> The .docx format is the default format in Word 2008.
> >>
> >> Tiger has the ability to open .doc natively (in text edit) - and I
> >> imagine Leopard was made to address .docx natively as well.
> >>
> >> Perhaps I'm missing something here - but even if your client requires
> >> that all file types can be uploaded, you surely can't guarantee
> >> everyone will be able to properly open every file type.
> >>
> >> Office 08 for Mac will be out in mid-january. Until then, in order for
> >> Tiger users (who use microsoft office) to be able to open .docx, they
> >> will need to install the plugins that andy linked to.
> >>
> >> I believe open office can handle .docx as well.
> >>
> >> Alex
> >>
> >>
> >> Bob Patin wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>> Thanks, but my Leopard machine, which is totally Microsoft-free,
> >>> deals with the download fine. However, my client, who DOES have MS
> >>> Word on his Mac, is running Tiger, and he was having trouble.
> >>> Frustrating...
> >>> BP
> >>> On Dec 30, 2007, at 2:39 PM, Andy Walz wrote:
> >>>> Bob-  I'm not sure if this will be helpful but as I understand it,
> >>>> for Macs that do not have MS Office 2008 for Mac you need this
> >>>> plug-in in order use .docx, .pptx, or any of the new MS file types
> >>>> at all.
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/microsoftofficeopenxmlfileformatconverter.html
> >>>>
> >>>> or
> >>>> http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx?pid=download&location=/mac/download/office2004/converterbeta_0_2.xml <http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx?pid=download&location=/mac/download/office2004/converterbeta_0_2.xml>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Gotta love Microsoft!
> >>>> Andy
> >>>>
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