From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cpe-24-221-98-238.az.sprintbbd.net ([24.221.98.238] helo=lnx1.holmesgrown.com ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16PcuJ-0004R0-00 for ; Sun, 13 Jan 2002 00:10:11 -0500 Received: from lnx3.holmesgrown.com (steve@lnx3.holmesgrown.com [192.168.1.5]) by lnx1.holmesgrown.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA21082 for ; Sat, 12 Jan 2002 22:10:11 -0700 Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 22:11:22 -0700 (MST) From: Steve Holmes To: Subject: Re: ms-word, was: Re: anti-word In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: If it is a circle, it is a vicious one. It's one thing to update the original document and work it as a text doc in your favorite unix editor but doing this destroys all formatting and styles originnaly placed with the word processor, hence we need a word compatible word processor for linuw. On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > > Ok, but people also write in word in addition to reading in it when they're in windows. > > Greg: We're going in circles here. You need something like wv in order to > read those Word files that people send out. You don't need to send them > Word files in order for them to read what you write in plain text or in > html, because they can perfectly well read your text or html using their > Word application on Windows. > > Do you see the circle? > > Greg > > > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 04:27:55PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > >