From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from femail47.sdc1.sfba.home.com ([24.254.60.41]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16PBmV-0004Ga-00 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 19:12:19 -0500 Received: from cj2204215a ([65.14.224.189]) by femail47.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with SMTP id <20020112001223.QOPG23959.femail47.sdc1.sfba.home.com@cj2204215a> for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 16:12:23 -0800 Message-ID: <032101c19afd$0345e440$6401a8c0@alex1.va.home.com> From: "Amanda Lee" To: References: Subject: Re: anti-word Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 19:06:32 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: "Amanda Lee" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Because Word is designed for idiots! Couldn't resist that one! Amanda Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" To: Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 4:27 PM Subject: Re: anti-word > Because everyone sitting in Word can perfectly easily retrieve a .txt or > .html without knowing they did it. > > On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > > Why do you say it isn't necessary to write word documents when that format is being used widely in the work place and academic settings today? > > Greg > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 09:47:31AM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Dave Hunt wrote: > > > > > > > ... It's called "antiword", ... It > > > > cannot write MS Word files. > > > > > > It isn't necessary to write MS-Word, it's only necessary to read it > > > correctly. Users of Word can read text or HTML perfectly well. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > > Technology Research and Development > > > Governmental Relations Group > > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >