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Re: .doc file concerns
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Mike Castle |
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Re: .doc file concerns |
Date: |
Tue, 26 Jun 2001 17:26:14 -0700 |
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On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 04:13:38PM -0700, Paul Sander wrote:
> The thing is, most writers seem to prefer WYSIWYG editors such as Word or
> Frame
> Maker to using mark-up languages. This is reasonable, because they're much
> more
> productive with such tools, especially since they're much more concerned with
> an attractive presentation than are engineers who happen to write simple
> documents.
Precisely the point. "Attractive presentation" means squat if the content
is useless. Concentrate on the content, not the presentation.
Of course, I wouldn't consider a 200+ page user/installation guide a simple
document. But then, that's just me.
> Choosing an inferior tool just because the version control system can't handle
> a full-featured one is a poor way to work.
*shrug*
Name calling.
I consider Word to be an inferior tool.
mrc
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