Because everyone sitting in Word can perfectly easily retrieve a .txt or .html without knowing they did it. On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote: > Why do you say it isn't necessary to write word documents when that format is being used widely in the work place and academic settings today? > Greg > > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 09:47:31AM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > > On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Dave Hunt wrote: > > > > > ... It's called "antiword", ... It > > > cannot write MS Word files. > > > > It isn't necessary to write MS-Word, it's only necessary to read it > > correctly. Users of Word can read text or HTML perfectly well. > > > > > > > > > > -Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
