I chose to send the compendium as a Word file for the following reason:
1. MS Word is one of the most common and popular software formats
2. Significantly easier to edit the document compared to PDF
3. A Word file is significantly smaller than a PDF file (3,5 MB vs 8-10 MB)
4. The quality of the images are conserved a lot better than in a PDF
5. Distribution: it is easier to avoid spam filters with a file smaller than 5 MBSince I have chosen to send the document in Word format you can easily extract all information and the images from the Word file. I deliberately avoided locking the document for this reason.
Yeah. The nutcase actually prefaced his plans to kill a few dozen people in cold blood with some notes about why Word was perfect to distribute his condensed stupidity. But that’s not all. The anal nature of this bloody bastard continues here:
If you want to extract the images from word you can do the following:
1. Simply open MS Paint (standard Windows program), copy the image from Word and paste it in Paint. You then savethe image in Paint as a jpg or any other format.
It is easy to convert the file, if desired, to a PDF file or any other format. Simply save theWord file as a PDF file. As for extraction from a PDF file; several software programs including newer versions of Adobe Acrobat allow conversion and extraction. Just google the word; “PDF to Word converter” or do
He even gives tips about how to pirate the software:
If you want Word 2007 for longer than the 60 day trial it is likely you will have to download a serial code which allows you to unlock the software permanently or at least extend the trial period for 6-12 months.
I skimmed through the whole manifesto and it’s absolutely surreal. But these level of obsessive description even about the format of his mental diarrhoea is clearly indicative of the degree of craziness of that bloody bastard known.
Christopher Fox
Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 8:04 AMAnd that’s why I use Open Office to keep these sorta deadly rampages to a minimum.
Veryphatic
Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 8:21 AMCould Gizmodo please stop publishing any story regarding this tragic incident. Finding a tech angle out of other people’s death is pretty low brow and exploitative.
Trav
Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 8:33 AMI disagree, to me this doesn’t promote his cause and reaffirms to me that he is a crazy piece of crap that should not be taken seriously.
Mac
Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 10:26 AMVerypathetic… When you start a website of your own you can decide what articles are published. PS. Please don’t start your own website
Danny Allen
Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 10:03 PMI’m sorry you feel that way, but you’re welcome to skip the article. Fact is, there is tech angles to lots of news. We don’t make the news, we just cover it.
lulz
Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 8:24 AMUghh such a noob, if it’s docx then you can simply open the file in a zip program and extract all the images directly.
And I really don’t think a PDF would have been bigger, though the images would maybe be compressed more.
olearymo
Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 8:34 AMThis is concerning. We should ban Microsoft Word, and make it impossible for kids to use it or any word processing software.
Hey, that logic works for games, right?
Distractoot
Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 10:01 AMActually I think you may have something there. Maybe he managed to reactivate the paperclip guy and it sent him over the edge. Or that f’ing helpful yellow dog.
gameon
Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 1:22 PMSadly, the next installment on Modern Wordfare has now been abandoned because of it’s association to Breivik
Colby
Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 9:07 AMWhat’s truly scary about the manifesto is not how crazy he sounds, but how he actually seems kind of SANE.
These are well reasoned and explained arguments for the use of DOC format, and to me that’s a lot more scary than if he had just written nonsensical babble.
Stephen
Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 9:21 AMOMG! How could Microsoft do this? We need to ban Word immediately, and launch an inquiry into what other software can be used to perpetuate violence.
TvZ
Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 9:49 AMI bet it was the Word Paperclip that drove him nuts. O well, back to stabbing people with pencils
Jeff
Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 10:15 AMOh great God… could could Microsoft allow this to happen ?? quickly everyone, we need to ban Microsoft word.. its the only solution!!!
Steve
Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 1:09 PMSen. Stephen Conroy, I implore that you ban this heinous technology!
Oh wait you are already that dumb..
Danny Allen
Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 10:05 PMNot sure what this has to do with Conroy, but ok!
InformedGamer
Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 1:59 PMAs well as blaming Call of Duty, I am now extending the blame to Microsoft Office.
That is all.
Shane
Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 2:40 PMlook out, all ms office users are psyopathic killing machines! We’d better put a ban on that software, or at least put in under classification restrictions or some kind of filter!
anonymouse
Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 3:39 PMIf only he wrote the whole thing in Comic Sans.
Richard
Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 4:20 PMAnd what if the user didn’t know how to open a file in Word to begin with? All his other instructions would be for nil.