On Sat, 22 May 2004 21:51:15 +0100, RP McKay wrote: >On 22/5/04 5:00 pm, "Neil Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (in part): > >> Everything else I send out I create with AppleWorks >> and export to PDF. > >Or if it is not too elaborate you could use any number of programs that save >as .rtf files. Even Word can read that! >
Of course. The problem I've always had is that, no matter how good all these Word competitors say they are at importing/exporting .doc or .rtf files, it doesn't work the moment I do anything more complicated than a few styles or graphics. The best one I've come across so far is ThinkFree Office, but it's so slow I could get in my car and talk to my customers in person by the time it has imported a Word document sent by them (OK..I exaggerate, but the application is unusable on my G3s). Like you said, RTF files should be able to handle almost anything native Word documents can, particularly for the sort of things I deal with. But again my experience has been very disappointing. I'm probably an awkward git though in the type of technical documents I create :-) So anything I send out to customers is now PDF so that I know they're seeing the document as I intended it, and there's no need for them to edit. Anything incoming, I'll keep using my Windows/Office 2000 machine for now until I start getting Office documents it can't cope with. Neil -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
