anti-word

[Steve Holmes]

Yes and if a word document is sent to you for your input and editing, I'm
sure the original party would expect the thing to come back in Word format
along with the built-in formatting, styles and such.  Some of this whole
anti Word sounds arogant to me.

Actually, there are some things in Word an idiot wouldn't know how to use
such as the VB macros and such.

What we need is a tool that can create word documents that can run from
linux and be used with Speakup.  After all, that is what this list is
about:).

On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Kirk Wood wrote:

> On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Amanda Lee wrote:
> > Because Word is designed for idiots!
>
> I guess all sighted people are idiots. Sorry, but that kind of crap is
> just plain crap. Yes, word is bloated and adds an incredible amount of
> stuff. Particularly in the latest incarnations. But it is also clear to me
> that many here neither understand the sighted world, nor care to at
> all. That is your right. But don't wine to me when you get left back in
> the corner next time.
>
> Yes, HTML will give pretty decent formatting. It is a good tool for
> generalized text. But it doesn't support the righ formating of a good word
> processor. And formatting is important to the sighted world. You don't
> need to understand it. But you should accept it and deal with it.
>
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