On Jan 1, 2011, at 7:03 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Paul, > > Pages imports and exports Word .DOC files or .RTF files. They work > perfectly in Word. The technical writing I'm doing now requires either > the company's home-grown editing suite or plain text. I distribute > articles and other collateral produced for pay with Acrobat PDF files > (exported from Pages). I have no need of Word. > > Godfrey >
The Times wouldn't accept PDF files, nor would most of the other pubs I work for. They want a Word doc that opens in Word. But if you don't need it, that's fine. Paul > On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 3:02 PM, paul stenquist <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> On Jan 1, 2011, at 5:52 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >>> On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 1:49 PM, steve harley <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>>>> Text Wrangler is a free download from Bare Bones Software, see >>>>>> http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/ >>>>> >>>>> May not need it, i forgot i ordered office.mac with the new computer. >>>>> I have fired off an email to fetch support to see what they suggest i >>>>> do. I like the program for my site uploads. >>>> >>>> i think you'll find TextWrangler much more satisfactory than MS Word for >>>> editing html and other text files; it's worth the time to download >>> >>> Absolutely. I can't imagine running a computer without a plain text >>> editor ... I do most of my first draft writing work in TextWrangler >>> first, then bring it into Pages for editing, revision and formatting. >>> (My computer is a Microsoft Free Zone. ;-) >> >> Then you can't write for the NY Times -- or most other publishers. All of >> whom want Word docs. Although I suppose there's a way of faking a word doc >> with other software. Hardly seems worth the trouble to me, though. >> Paul >> >>> >>> -- >>> Godfrey >>> godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> > > > > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > 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.
