It may be heresy, but $99/year for Office365 isn't a large expense and can be installed on 5 PCs plus mobile devices. But, I am still running Visio from a 2013 license
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Bob Bridges > Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2022 12:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Markup languages > > ...But maybe I will anyway, to this extent: With each new PC I shell out > real money for a copy of the real MS Office, including Access. But long ago > I took up the habit of teaching each new PC to default to WordPad for .rtf > documents, and that's what I use to write one- or two-page documentation > on > simple commands and utilities. I've been saving Word for the more > ambitious > stuff, especially if it involves chapter headings and cross-references. > > Now that I think I'm giving up on that, I guess Word is relegated to reading > MS .docx documents that others send me. I can't think of anything else I'd > want it for. > > I really miss WordPerfect. > > --- > Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 > > /* A general dissolution of the principles and manners will more surely > overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common > enemy. > -Samuel Adams */ > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of > Seymour J Metz > Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2022 14:49 > > Oddly enough, one of the reasons that I use markup languages is that the > documents are easy to maintain; adding text doesn't break formatting. > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on > behalf of > Matt Hogstrom [[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2022 9:51 AM > > In my travels I've not seen anyone use Libre Office or LaTeX; I'm not > knocking them but if they are not widely used who will maintain the doc > later when we all retire? When considering authoring docs like programs we > need to consider the downstream consumers / maintainers so I'd go with the > popular tools of today. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
