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Subject:Convert Paper Documentation to Web Format From:avobert -at- twh -dot- nbg -dot- de (Alexander Von_obert) To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:12 May 00 18:46:01 +0000
Hello,
* Antwort auf eine Nachricht von Sean -at- Quodata -dot- Com an All am 03.05.00
SS> HTML is a crude layout standard, it does not support nearly as
SS> many formatting conventions as a word processing or DTP tool.
only to true - but that is not the real issue: Paper on screen isn't a very
good idea.
SS> For example, why cannot you simply put the Word files on an FTP
SS> server for
SS> people to download. Very few people don't have access to
SS> Microsoft Word.
And if they don't, just offer them a link to the Winword viewer - free from
the MS Web site.
Greetings from Germany,
Alexander
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