Moreover, his coworkers couldn’t read the Microsoft Word files that he sent them in the new “.docx” format. They wrote back and asked him to resend files in the older “.doc” format – which might not have worked if he had inadvertently used some new-fangled formatting feature.
想想成百上千万像他一样不得不适应新系统的人所要付出的效率代价。这还不算，他身边的同事都无法阅读他发送的新的“docx”格式的Microsoft Word文件。他们给他回信，请求他用老的“doc”格式重新发送——如果他无意中使用了某些新发明的格式化功能，那么就算是重发也不会管用。