On 10/5/05, Aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >  even if the formatting is ****d.
> > The document I receive is only one part. The bigger part is the document
> > I need to send back to the client. Will it look the same on the client's
> > machine?
>
> The answer from a technical writer is no, not with MS office, not with
> OO, not with anything other than pdf.

Lyx :)

>
> I had a client that no matter what I did if I sent an office 2000
> document to them it never looked right. (we were both using office 2000)
>
> That is why pdf is the only or one of the only sure ways of making sure
> that what you did will look right on someone elses computer.

PDF is the same as a printed document. It's a one way street.
Word 2 had an ASCII like display that did not use printable formats
(so did NotaBene and WP 6). The crowds, let by PC Magazine, wanted
their bells, whistles and WYSIWYG.

>
> Aaron
> > >
> > > Peter
> >
> >
>
>
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