Jim Lux wrote: >At 04:00 PM 1/2/2007, Frank Brickle wrote: > > >>On 1/2/07, James Courtier-Dutton >><<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >>>I use Microsoft Word's equation editor, reviewing, and cross >>>referencing capabilities a lot, and open office is incompatible for >>>some reason. I haven't dug into why, but since I need to generate MS >>>Word documents for others to review and work on, I'm not likely to >>>change, nor am I interested in spending lots of time figuring out how >>>to make it compatible. >>> >>> >>I have no idea on this one, so you might have a point here. >> >> >>I frequently use OO for my wife to "fix" Microsoft Office documents >>that get wedged on account of M$Office bugs and version incompatibilities. >> >>But really, if you use either OO or MO for anything beyond letters >>and short articles, you deserve whatever misery you get. Real Men use TeX. >> >> > >On punch cards, I'm sure... (after you've graduated from NROFF and paper tape) > > >Jim >-------------- next part -------------- > >
No, I'm with Frank on this one. IME, 99 per cent of all Word documents I have ever read could have bee prepared on Wordpad (aka write). The rest are complex enough to profit from a real typesetting system. There are limits to the GUI paradigm. You can "wimp out" and use LaTex if you like. For complicated documents, either is actually easier. Larry WO0Z _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
