Re: Word Processors

[Steve Luzynski <sluzynsk sound net>]

Rebecca Ore wrote:
> I write fiction for Avon, a Hearst company.  They have one system allowed on
> their machines -- Windows.  One word processor -- Word.  My disc that goes to
> them will have to be Word compatible.

Now I remember why I recognized your name. :)

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0812539087/o/qid=905911875/sr=2-1/002-2425750-2442252

5 stars, even. :)

I am fortunate to work for a more technologically aggressive company
(plus I work in Corporate IT...), so I get to play with Linux at work. I
have an Apache proxy server I use instead of the nasty Netscape Proxy
the general population uses and I run Linux on my Compaq Armada 7800
laptop. I run the Microsoft Exchange email network so I enabled IMAP on
my server so I could use Netscape mail. :) But even still, to
meaningfully exchange data with the rest of the company I have to be
able to save out files in Word 95 format. <sigh>

Personally I don't understand the attraction in graphical word
processors. I wrote most of my papers for college in Emacs under OS/2.
When it was time to print them out was when I would finally begin the
painful process of launching the bloated monstrosity that is MS Word.

I've lost track; have we picked out a WP to use as a starting point or
are we better off starting from scratch? I will be willing to burn some
free time on this project, as it's one of the few things I want badly
enough to get into. :)

-Steve