Yeah, I'll agree with that too. But then, isn't most or all of windblows (grin)? Greg On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 07:06:32PM -0500, Amanda Lee wrote: > Because Word is designed for idiots! > > Couldn't resist that one! > > Amanda Lee > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 4:27 PM > Subject: Re: anti-word > > > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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