"Brian Lunergan" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > --- On Mon, 7/27/09, Ian <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Ian <[email protected]> >> Subject: [users] File Formats >> To: [email protected] >> Received: Monday, July 27, 2009, 12:57 PM >> http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/userguide3/index.html >> >> Rhetorical Question: Why are the above documents in >> .pdf format as opposed to the OOwriter format? >> >> It would be nice to be able to cut and paste certain >> sections so that I could refer to them. >> >> Ian >> > > Ian: > > Can't speak for those who produced the site, but I would personally > speculate on two possibilities. > > 1) Accommodating those who may want to investigate the documentation > but don't yet have software such as Open Office in place that can > handle ODF. > > 2) It secures the content against tampering to a greater degree than > ODF. Sort of a look but don't touch format. > > Just thinking out loud... > > Brian Lunergan > Nepean, Ontario > Canada > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email > the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and > switch to New Mail today or register for free at http://mail.yahoo.ca
That's OK; he said it was rhetorical, after all. <g> I wonder if he knows that means an answer isn't expected? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
