On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 21:40:57 +0300 "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Microsoft Word is _not_ designed to reproduce a document in an > identical fashion on all computers. Changes in MSO version, Windows > version, screen resolution, user preferences, and even colour depth > are known to affect page layout. This is so very true. I worked on a document that used a special corporate template that would not render well in OpenOffice (at that time). My workstation was a Linux box with CrossoverOffice and Word. I was using the exact same version of word that was installed on every Windows box in our department. But, it was strange that it rendered differently on a couple of different Windows boxes. fortunately, the final version was prepared on an Adobe Acrobat system. But, it is important in a number of cases to distribute working copies in word processor format so you can include the change tracking. This is very important in cases where you want people to review a document, or part of it. You want to be able to see changes since the last update, you want to allow people to make or suggest changes, and to make marginal comments. You can't do that with a PDF. Today, I would certainly have used OpenOffice as we actually did in a subsequent project which was started (if I recall) after 2.0 came out. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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