On Thu, Jun 18, 1998 at 02:33:36PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > LIKE Word...but please NOT word!
Let's not get hysterical. > I mean really...its a word processor...nice to have but...come on... > they can't even keep it compatible with older versions of itself! What? Word 97 can read back to Word 2 and probably Word 1.1 for Windows, as well as Word 5 for DOS etc. Word 97 can write Word 95 format too if you get the service pack (95 writing support is a bit broken without it), and Word 2 too I think. > and just think of all the benefits of having word... Word Macro Viruses, > a completely asinine file format. Word warns you that the document contains macros before opening it and gives you the option of removing them. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
