John
Thanks for the
thorough summary
of the cons about using Word.
I agree with much of what you say,
and am fully aware that Word is not the ideal
tool.
However, I haven't had the same harrowing
experiences
that I have seen described here on the
list.
Just for the fun of it I went through a
dozen
documents on a backup from 7 years ago.
All were perfectly readable, all but one came
up
on the first try with the correct
formatting
and figures (some asked if I wished to update
the
outdated format, to which I answered
yes).
Only one caused any problems. It was a
multilanguage
document (with two directions) and some of the
text
jumped off the page in a wierd way. But that text
wouldn't
have written in ASCII anyway.
I have never had a problem opening an old
file
with an up-to-date version of the SW. The
problems
arise when you try to do the reverse. That makes
sense
of course, since if you could do everything with
the
old version, then no-one would buy the new
one.
After all, a company with 95%
market has to be inventive
in order to continue selling.
Y(J)S
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