Re: [PLUG] Linux on the desktop (was: rationalizing .Mac web pages)

[Art Clemons <artclemons@aol.com>]

> Opened in OOO, and re-saved, and re-opened in Word (to simulate sharing
> documents between OOO users and Word users) ... 
>
> none of the aligment was correct. I had to edit the entire
> document, re-aligning each point, to the way I wanted it, and the way it
> used to be, in Word.  And resizing a table, with it's columns,
> and bullet points in table cells.


I've had similar problems though going from WordXP to someone running 
Word2000 and others claim the same problem with docs produced in 
Word2000 opened by Word97.  Word's format changes.  I've learned to 
produce an RTF, PDF and DOC when exchanging documents, and it gets more 
complicated when dealing with let's say a spreadsheet.  Something as 
simple as font substitution can destroy format as can for example.

One more comment until recently, Word docs had a nasty habit of 
retaining the old version that had been worked on, with the prior 
changes available for anyone in the know to see and note who had made 
the changes.  I'm not sure if an update is available for anything older 
than WordXP.  It raised interesting security issues if one sometimes 
used propietary or secret info that was to be removed after revisions 
and several people were working on the same doc, and finally a copy was 
shipped out or posted on a website.  In that situation, formatting was 
less important than security.

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