Of course there is a use for plain ASCII. There's also a use for formatted text documents.
Not sure why you want to argue the point. It's obvious that formatting a document is much easier in a word processor than when using plain ASCII, which is why word processing software exists. But you know this. :-) Tom C. >From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Next move from Pentax: anyone in the know (even under NDA) ? >Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:56:11 -0700 > >Photographs are my stock in trade, not formatted textual documents. I >send PDF documents when people want print-ready finished textual >information, and plain text when they want to incorporate my work >into their layouts, web sites, etc. > >I've not found a word processor yet that had any difficulty reading a >plain ASCII text document, Tom. It makes things much easier than >sending .doc files that might or might not format properly. > >Godfrey > > > >On Oct 16, 2007, at 9:27 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Exactly. The written word is my stock in trade, and i've rarely > > encountered a client who will accept anything other than a > > word.doc. Of course some other applications can save docs in word > > format, but I've found them to be unreliable. > > Paul > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Guaranteed compatibility with your audience is where it's at in > >> the business > >> world though, and that means pretty much one standard. Today it's > >> MS Word > >> or Acrobat. > >> > >> Even though I have a dislike for MS Office 2007... and realize all MS > >> products have some glaring deficiencies... > >> > >> > >> Tom C. > >> > >>> From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >>> Subject: Re: Next move from Pentax: anyone in the know (even > >>> under NDA) ? > >>> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:56:03 -0700 > >>> > >>> I don't use either MS Word or WordPerfect. Never used either, > >>> actually. I do most of my writing in a source code editor or in the > >>> Mail editor. But then I only rarely need formatted text. vi, emacs, > >>> pico, BBEdit, whatever.. > >>> > >>> When I do need formatted text, there are better options available > >>> than those two barges. > >>> > >>> Godfrey > >>> > >>>> Tom C wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> It'll likely be a matter of attrition. What % of people here use > >>>>> WordPerfect as opposed to MS Word? > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > >>> above and > >>> follow the directions. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > >> and follow > >> the directions. > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > > and follow the directions. > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
