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Subject:Re: Why should I be worried about the merger? NOT From:Lou Quillio <public -at- quillio -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:15:49 -0400
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Bruce Byfield wrote:
| I like [AbiWord] in a lot of ways. It's fast, and for short
| documents, it more than does the job. However, it's a little weak
| still in things like tables, TOCs and some other long document
| features that people on this list would probably want.
Right; should've been clearer. OO Writer's the tool for formal
docs. AbiWord's for what a FrameMaker user uses MS Word for, except
it's faster. It's also good for your Mom. Configure to save MS
Word-compatible by default and she's all set.
| Most clients and employers don't seem to mind. Since the tools
| are free, they don't have to worry about being able to read my
| files, nor about the expense of buying software for me. That
| makes me very popular around budget time.
Somebody said "change agent." This is how it's done, kids.
And now for something completely different, how about a little PGP
signing, right here.
LQ
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