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Re: Idiots and word processors (was Re: Microsoft Word 5.0 SUCKS!!!! sort of.)

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From: joe carlson
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 18:27
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In article <ferch.713466167@swiss.ucs.ubc.ca>, ferch@ucs.ubc.ca (Les Ferch) writes:
> 
> In <0105011F.aj1u88@dragon.enigami.mv.com> cory@enigami.mv.com (Cory Kempf) writes:


> This is an over-simplification. For simple documents, yes translating with
> XTND is fine, but many formatting features will not always translate
> properly. Let's see you take a 50 page report in Word that uses styles,
> (Stuff Del)  Sure, for the occasional exchange, XTND is fine, but for 
>  day to day back and forth editing, it's not acceptable. 


		This is getting off the trak.  The original ? was "Why does MSWD need 
virtually all processing time to sit in the background and wait for instructions?"
  We bitch about it because it's rediculous (sp), but @ the same time, it's 
also the best WP out there.  So whaddyagonnado?  Maybe if we bitch loud
enough about it MS, and good 'ole Billy in particular, will remove their heads
from their rectums and stop doing silly shit like this.  Although I doubt it,
after all, they are writing Windows for Finder.

																													jOe
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Subject: Re: Idiots and word processors (was Re: Microsoft Word 5.0 SUCKS!!!! sort of.)
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