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Except of course people send .doc/.docx around and expect .doc/.docx to be sent around. Ask the average person to do some word processing and send the result to you, the chance of receiving something else is close to zero.

Speaking from experience dealing with near computer illiterates, including my mom.

Of course you can argue that it’s easy to learn to export to .doc/.docx.




> Ask the average person to do some word processing and send the result to you, the chance of receiving something else is close to zero.

Sometimes even if you just ask for photo.


Or you can share your Google doc around and let them edit it without creating new files.


Problem with that is that either they have to have a Google account that they are willing to share with you or you have to make it so that anyone with the link can edit the doc, which is a big no no usually.




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