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Date:      Mon, 7 Jun 2010 22:28:04 -0600
From:      Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: office apps
Message-ID:  <20100608042804.GB33797@guilt.hydra>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1006072202410.39898@tripel.monochrome.org>
References:  <20100606203416.GF46089@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100607035650.GA29350@guilt.hydra> <20100607163456.GB2102@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1006072202410.39898@tripel.monochrome.org>

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On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 10:12:44PM -0400, Chris Hill wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Jun 2010, Chip Camden wrote:
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> >[...] I do have clients who send me Word docs, and one who requires that=
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> >I send them specs in Word format.  For that, I guess I'm stuck using=20
> >some behemoth office tool, if only for converting from a different=20
> >format.  I'm currently doing that work on a Windows workstation, but I'd=
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> >like to limit my involvement with Windows to only developing for it when=
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> >I must.
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> I have clients like that too. What I've done - only once or twice, and=20
> really just to be a dick - is to do my writeup in ASCII text, then `mv fo=
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> foo.doc`. There, it's in word format! And Word really can open the file,=
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> so...

I've never had a client who wouldn't take either PDF or plain text.  On
the other hand, clients who prefer Word DOC(X) but will take plain text
if they "must" have a tendency to immediately open it in Word, save as
DOC(X), then send the friggin' thing back to me in that format after
making some changes.

I keep hoping the day will come when people who prefer MS Word are the
rarity, rather than me being the odd man out.

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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]

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