>From the Sane Anarchist, >I would like to have perfect compatability with Word, just like when I >design >a web page I want perfect compatability with Internet Explorer. But not at >the loss of complying with the standards that browsers (or word processors) >should be following anyway.
Standards are nothing but man-made arbitrary rules, and they become more arbitrary and meaningless if nobody follows them. I know none of us like to admit this, but MS-Word, bad as it is, has become THE word processing standard. I work in the legal profession and, while WordPerfect was the standard for years with lawyers, we are now being forced into switching to Word because our clients use it and demand that our documents be compatible with Word. I can't very well tell my client that the reason my Abi created document can't be read on his computer is because his MS-Word doesn't follow the standards. My client couldn't give two hoots about standards. Virgil _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
