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Re: Microsoft Word documents that "phone" home
From: Rex Sanders <rex () OCTOPUS WR USGS GOV>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 08:37:04 -0700
Testing the demonstration "bugged" documents in MacOS Office 98: Word 98 - works as advertised Excel 98 - image doesn't load, "file error, data may have been lost". PowerPoint 98 - image doesn't load, but error message looks like it could work with minor tweaking (image "ttp://..." couldn't be loaded). I am very disappointed by Microsoft's response! -- Rex At 10:52 AM -0400 8/30/00, Richard M. Smith wrote:
A demonstration "bugged" document for Word 97 and Word 2000 has been set up at: http://www.privacycenter.du.edu/demos/bugged.doc We also found that Excel 2000 spreadsheet files and PowerPoint 2000 slideshows can be "bugged" in the same manner.
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- Re: Microsoft Word documents that "phone" home Hal DeVore (Sep 02)
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- Re: Microsoft Word documents that "phone" home Rex Sanders (Sep 01)
- Re: Microsoft Word documents that "phone" home Kris Kennaway (Sep 01)
- Re: Microsoft Word documents that "phone" home Michael Wojcik (Sep 01)
- Re: Microsoft Word documents that "phone" home Microsoft Security Response Center (Sep 01)
- Re: Microsoft Word documents that "phone" home Terje Bless (Sep 02)
- Re: Microsoft Word documents that "phone" home Brad (Sep 02)
- Other file formats that can "phone" home Richard M. Smith (Sep 03)
- Re: Other file formats that can "phone" home jsl2 (Sep 04)
- Re: Other file formats that can "phone" home Richard M. Smith (Sep 04)
- Sun StarOffice documents that "phone home" and other interesting problems Kurt Seifried (Sep 04)
- Re: Sun StarOffice documents that "phone home" and other interesting problems Luca Berra (Sep 05)