Re: word format
I resort to "RTF" format using "latex2pdf" <provided the source is latex,
which it often is in my case...> or "ps2pdf".
Hope this helps...
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On 0, csj <csj@mindgate.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 15 May 2002 12:10:43 -0500
> dman <dman@dman.ddts.net> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 11:46:45PM -0400, ALL37@aol.com wrote:
> > | I was e-mailing a resume and the person could not open file. He said to use
> > | word format. I wrote my resume in Microsoft works and then saved in my
> > | documents and the e-mail him for AOL with attachments. If you could tell me
> > | what I did wrong I would appreciate it.
> >
> > Proprietary file formats like "word format" suck. Only the creator of
> > the format can actually use it, which means you must pay MS a lot more
> > money to be able to do only what they will allow you to with it.
> > (sure there are programs like abiword and antiword, but they only
> > kinda work and tend to really mess up the formatting of some stuff)
> >
> > The solution is to use an Open and Free format such as "plain text".
>
> HTML (and its cousin XML) is also open and free. But most folks in this list
> hate it like hell.
Not true, they just hate receiving *email* formatted in HTML. HTML
has its place, and email is not it.
Tom
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