On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 15:04 -0400, Douglas St.Clair wrote: > If you are going to share documents with others as part of a team > development effort i.e. where more than one person is responsible for > content then it is best to share them as plain text (ASCII) documents > and add formating (bold, oblique, etc) after there is consensus on > content.
Or use Google Docs for free and share the document on-line simply using a web browser. No need then for any desktop office software. Once the document is complete export it to OpenOffice Writer if it needs stuff that Google Docs can't do. Same with spreadsheets - in fact the on-line spreadsheet provided by Google docs is likely to be good enough for most people other than really specialist users. The export to xls format is very good so it can interchange with Calc easily. > In order of portability these are my choices for document formats from > most portable to least portable: > > 1. Plain text/ASCII > 2. Rich Text Format (RTF) > 3. Micro$oft .doc or .docx > > All editors should be able to handle plain text with one caveat and > that is line endings. UNIX and UNIX-like (i.e. *BSD and LINUX) > Macintosh and DOS (Windoze) all use different line endings. Chose one > that is incompatible with the recipient's editor and they will > probably see one long line of text and perhaps some garbage here and > there. Probably the one that is most compatible across OSes is DOS > (Windoze). > -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications A new approach to assessment for learning www.theINGOTs.org - 01827 305940 You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
