Re: Couple of naive questions

[Thomas Walter <t.walter@nefkom.net>]

On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 21:50, Francesco Pietra wrote:
> Couple of naive questions:
> 
> --Trying to upload to the editor's web site a
> manuscript in *.odt format, the answer is "unknown
> type of file".
> 
> --Then, trying to upload a *.png file, the answer is
> again "unknown type of file". 
> 
> Checking the guidelines for authors, the site is right
> and I was wrong: text should be in doc format and
> graphics in flat jpeg, no impressive export of povray
> recognized.
> 
> My first (naive) question is: am I too much ahead  (in
> publishing tools) or are the editors in organic
> chemistry so much behind (in publishing tools)? 
> 

I would assume the editors are something like 10 - 15 years behind.
This applies also to some aspects of WEB designers, banking firms, ...

> At any event, my second (naive) question is: what
> about editors in other areas?
> 

I can remember in times where editors are happy to get a (La)TeX file.
The one or other had even (helped) preparing a macro package.

Kind Regards,
Thomas