From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=toccata.dsl092-170-083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16P9vQ-0008PW-00 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 17:13:24 -0500 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.dsl092-170-083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g0BMD5k14345 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 17:13:05 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.grg.afb.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 17:13:04 -0500 (EST) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.dsl092-170-083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: ms-word, was: Re: anti-word In-Reply-To: <20020111145142.K249@uic.edu> 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: On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote: > 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. > > If you need to enhance a document with special fonts, formatting, > > etc., then fine but most times, Word is a huge hog. You can also use html for this. It has wonderful tags such as
(which is not the same), etc. And, it lets you link other documents and other locations in the same document. Having said all this, I should point out that this same topic has cropped up on blinux in the last 24 hours. An interesting tool was suggested there called "Almost Free Text." Find it at: http://www.maplefish.com/todd/aft.html