Re: docx; was Re^2: OTF conversion without OpenOffice
On Sunday 24 April 2011 18:34:55 Camaleón wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:28:29 +0100, Lisi wrote:
> > On Sunday 24 April 2011 16:38:23 Camaleón wrote:
> >> On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 08:27:33 -0800, peasthope wrote:
> >> > MS invented docx. Now when John Doe wants to say "Summer Vacation
> >> > Planning Meeting. Bring your coffee mug to the boardroom at 3:00."
> >> > he can send an archive containing a hierarchy of a dozen or so files.
> >> > Several kB in total.
> > Why not .txt? Even simpler, will retain all the information and be
> > readable with almost anything.
>
> How about images and text formatting? With plain text files you miss them
> (html should be a nice alternative but again, images have to be enclosed
> apart) ;-)
There are no images in the text above. it is just that - simple text. "Summer
Vacation Planning Meeting. Bring your coffee mug to the boardroom at 3:00."
I was not referring to a putative complicated document, but to this specific
example, and others like it. For this specific example .pdf is overkill.
Lisi
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