On Apr 14, 2009, at 12:08 PM, KAM.covad wrote:

> When we run into issues like this with the ever changing m$ garbage

> we try to use open office. We find that it will do the conversion

> in most cases.

Thanks -- I wondered about trying that. Unfortunately, this client

wouldn't do anything like that. They have this vendor -- I am not

sure if it is also their Web shop -- that keeps convincing them to

"upgrade" their software. I keep asking *why?* "Is there something

that Orifice 2003 isn't doing that you need? My Goodness, why Vista?

Same question: is there something you need that you aren't getting?"

But the vendor must want more dough, and they believe him, and he has

them paranoid about anybody else's advice (or at least mine). Last

year when I first installed this, it wasn't working properly, and I

had a bare suspicion that InDesign was hosed. One option I said might

be a thing to try was reinstalling InDesign. Well, he thought this

was very radical and was going to call the vendor to be there when I

did it! My jaw dropped. Fortunately, it wasn't necessary to reinstall.

We don't realize how much many people think these 'serfisterkated"

computer boxes are like nuclear bombs and will explode if you do one

little thing wrong...