Yes, that's a very nice statement of the issue. The immediate cause is a
change in 12.1--the ultimate cause is an attribute of the files
themselves.
It is connected to the browser or email client in use, but the files
might have been tweaked at any point in their lifetime. So switching
browser or email client use might prevent the problem with new files you
receive, but will not affect old files.
The best way to pressure MS is probably to send them direct feedback by
using Help | Send Feedback. In that way, your "vote" is counted and
tabulated. No one is systematically tracking posts on newsgroups or
forums.
Peter White wrote:
> It's not a Safari issue: I have .docs that were downloaded through
Firefox, appear as .doc, and still don't respond to a double-click.
Yesterday - with 12.0.1 - they did, today - with 12.1.0 - they don't. They
also behave perfectly on PCs running the latest Word. Up till now, Word
accommodated these supposedly 'bad' files, presumably through some
creative handling, to give us customers ease-of-use and consistency. Now
it's suggested these files pose some sort of a threat, and that handling
has to be changed, at our expense. Is this correct? :confused:
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