Lars-Einar Jansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>On Sun, 21 Mar 1999 "John P. Tomany" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Well, even though the different versions of MS-Word now seems to be
>the all-dominant word-processing software, developing into something
>of a de-facto standard, there are still others, like WordPerfect. It
>would of course be equally stupid to send someone a mail formatted
>with WP, if you didn't know that the recipient had the same program,
>or some other which could convert from WP.
>
>> There is only one format which EVERYONE can read: plain ASCII text.
>> And yes, even MSWORD can save the documents in PLAIN TEXT !
>> ( There may come a day when HTML is as common - but not today.)
>
>What kind of formatting do you prefer if you want to transfer a
>document with at least some of its original formatting preserved?
>HTML, like my fellow countryman Bernie?
You said it yourself: WordPerfect. The WordPerfect 4.2 and 5.1
formats are probably the most common formatted-text standards in
the DOS world. They're considerably more compact than RTF or HTML.
And yes, the latest'n'largest version of Microsoft Word can read
and write these files.
>Shouldn't Adobe be bashed for this, too?
Amusing fact: When you install Adobe Acrobat reader, the setup
program offers to fire up Notepad to display README.TXT. Hmmmm.
Amusing #2: RTF looks like a typo for RTFM. Nice acronym,
Microsoft!
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