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MzDeviancy

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I'm trying to submit a story in .docx format and I keep getting this:

PK!Ýü•7f [Content_Types].xml ¢( ´TËnÂ0¼Wê?D¾V‰¡‡ªªú8¶H¥`ì
XõKöòúûnDU A*å)YïÌììăÑÚšl 1iïJÖ/z,'½ÒnV²

where it should say the name of the attached document on the confirmation page before submission. It's asking me to accept encoding.

Is this just what pops up now when you submit with an attached document? Or is something going wonky?
 
MzDeviancy said:
I'm trying to submit a story in .docx format and I keep getting this:

PK!Ýü•7f [Content_Types].xml ¢( ´TËnÂ0¼Wê?D¾V‰¡‡ªªú8¶H¥`ì
XõKöòúûnDU A*å)YïÌììăÑÚšl 1iïJÖ/z,'½ÒnV²

where it should say the name of the attached document on the confirmation page before submission. It's asking me to accept encoding.

Is this just what pops up now when you submit with an attached document? Or is something going wonky?
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All manuscripts must be submitted as via the site scripts as Word files (.doc), text files (.txt) or Rich Text Files (.rtf), or pasted into the submission form.

From the submission guidelines. I'm not great on this stuff, but that might be the problem.
 
Thanks, ML. I guess Lit still isn't accepting Word 2007 docs, cuz after I converted it to 97-2003 compatible mode, it worked.
 
MzDeviancy said:
Thanks, ML. I guess Lit still isn't accepting Word 2007 docs, cuz after I converted it to 97-2003 compatible mode, it worked.
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Send a PM to Laurel on this--even though you, personally, got around the problem. They always like to keep the site updated and working and, evidently, something needs a little tinkering.
 
A docx file is a completely different format for Word. It is an embedded XML document within a word wrapper. One of the things that Microsoft is being sued for.

I always submit plain text as it is approved quicker. :D
 
I've never understood why folks don't simply cut and paste in the box given.
 
MistressLynn said:
Me either. Plus I really like the preview feature it has.
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It gives the impression that you can't use any sort of formatting from the way it's worded. That's why I went with html-marked plain text.

I could just cut-n-paste that, but I've never had an issue with uploading .txt, and I get the preview that way too.
 
Darkniciad said:
It gives the impression that you can't use any sort of formatting from the way it's worded. That's why I went with html-marked plain text.

I could just cut-n-paste that, but I've never had an issue with uploading .txt, and I get the preview that way too.
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I know little about computers. Trust me on that. I describe myself as computer illiterate. I'm learning but on my own takes forever. Hard to believe everything I do is on a computer then, right? ;)
 
You shouldn't really have much in your story that requires coding--certainly not a lot of the italics. You're a writer not a book designer and it's a written word medium, not a graphic design. So, I don't see the problem of coding the rare italicized word and cutting and pasting.
 
sr71plt said:
You shouldn't really have much in your story that requires coding--certainly not a lot of the italics. You're a writer not a book designer and it's a written word medium, not a graphic design. So, I don't see the problem of coding the rare italicized word and cutting and pasting.
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Now that I know all I have to do is do a Save As in 97-2003 format, I don't really see the problem with doing it as an attached document.
 
MzDeviancy said:
Now that I know all I have to do is do a Save As in 97-2003 format, I don't really see the problem with doing it as an attached document.
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Not so much a problem as a loss of advantages.

.txt upload/paste submissions go through faster, and you can preview them before clicking the submit button.
 
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