Re: OT: Cross-platform document format?
On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 13:52:04 -0500, Kent West wrote:
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>Is there an open document format that is widely available on Windows, Mac,
>and Linux, that can do all the stuff that the proprietary formats (.DOC,
>.WPD, etc) can do (such as graphics, tables, columns, font/attributes,
>indenting, justification, super/subscripts, footnotes, endnotes, math
>formulas, etc)?
LaTeX or Lout (combined with say xfig or dia for graphics) may fit the bill,
but they assume a certain level of user sophistication, as they're primarily
typesetting systems, rather than word processors. A frontend like LyX can be
very useful.
HTH,
Ray
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