Re: OT: More on WinXP vs Vista

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On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:25:16 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:55:17 -0800 (PST), jamesgangnc
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But it's default format is not because it implemented new features
that are not compatible with earlier releases. I don't see how you're
confused about that, all products do that. You can install any number
of "older" versions of products and find that they can not handle the
files created by the current version of the same product. It's not
just word. Features in a word processor typically require that codes
be stored in the document file with the text to activate that
feature. So if you want a piece of text flash on and off a section of
codes gets stored with that text so that when the software opens it
again it knows to make the text flash. If you open it with a version
of the software that is older and was not able to make the text flash
it will not know what to do with those codes.

True - I will stipulate that new version software will have additional
features usuable only to that version.

However base ASCII code is never variable - it is what it is - a t is
a t, a T is a T, numbers are numbers and base formatting (margins,
headers and footers) have to be the same.

Let me ask you this - with all these new "features" will my HP 2200
read a Word 07 document and print it correctly?

That's not a function of the printer. That sort of compatibility comes
from
the operating system and the driver files you installed when you bought
the
printer.

Doesn't answer the question.

I'll answer it for you.

Yes it will if I have the correct driver files installed.

Which means what?

It means that my four year old printer with the correct drivers will
print a Word 07 document.

Your printer has a language of its own. Here's a brief, but useful
explanation:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/admin-primer/s1-printers-lang.html

The driver file is nothing but a module which tells the operating system how
to communicate with the printer. The printer has no idea what kind of
document it's being asked to print. So, my ancient OfficeJet has no problem
with any document I send it.


By which I return to my original point which probably doesn't make a
lot of sense to anybody in this thread, but I'll make it anyway.

If you can encode a document to print, then why can't you encode a
document for backwards compatibility?


I suppose you could include code in the document to tell it to figure out
which version of the software is being used to view it. But, that might add
significant bulk to the file size.


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