John
Thanks for the thorough summary
of the cons about using Word.
I agree with much of what you say,
and am fully aware that Word is not the ideal tool.
However, I haven't had the same harrowing experiences
that I have seen described here on the list.
Just for the fun of it I went through a dozen
documents on a backup from 7 years ago.
All were perfectly readable, all but one came up
on the first try with the correct formatting
and figures (some asked if I wished to update the
outdated format, to which I answered yes).
Only one caused any problems. It was a multilanguage
document (with two directions) and some of the text
jumped off the page in a wierd way. But that text wouldn't
have written in ASCII anyway.
I have never had a problem opening an old file
with an up-to-date version of the SW. The problems
arise when you try to do the reverse. That makes sense
of course, since if you could do everything with the
old version, then no-one would buy the new one.
After all, a company with 95% market has to be inventive
in order to continue selling.
Y(J)S
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