From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=linserver.complex) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16P8eo-00051A-00 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 15:52:10 -0500 Received: (from gnowak1@localhost) by linserver.complex (8.11.4/8.10.2) id g0BKpgb00545 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:51:42 -0600 Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:51:42 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: ms-word, was: Re: anti-word Message-ID: <20020111145142.K249@uic.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from amanda@shellworld.net on Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 11:56:05AM -0500 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 List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: The instances I'm thinking of actually involve formatting. I use the bns for most of my word processing, and I find myself using it's extensive formatting features a lot. Greg On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 11:56:05AM -0500, Amanda Lee wrote: > Word Files, as is the case with anything in Windows, are unnecessarily > full of overhead just to convey text. I like to use Notepad a lot for > various tasks and it is much faster than Word or even Wordpad which will > read Word6 format. So why create extra unnecessary overhead in the first > place. If you need to enhance a document with special fonts, formatting, > etc., then fine but most times, Word is a huge hog. > > Amanda Lee > Alexandria, VA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup