Date: 27 Oct 1999 18:59:59 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WYSIWYG word processor needed Message-ID: <86wvs8n69s.fsf@localhost.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: J McKitrick's message of "Tue, 26 Oct 1999 16:22:05 %2B0100 (BST)" References: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9910261620160.81010-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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J McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> writes: > The problem is, many of my papers are required to be in MS .doc format. I > would like a nice, stable WP and maybe a conversion utility, or just a > 'save as' option. I don't really do any fancy formatting, but it might be > nice to have font type and size control as well as formatting and spell > checking. Also important: I do not have a printer. I am a poor student > with a laptop, and i must use someone else's printer. All of my papers used to be "required" to be in MS .doc format too. After a few of my professors were confronted with the printed output from LaTeX, all but a couple of them said that requiring .doc was not really a good thing to do if one could make better use of the other tools one knew. The rule here is "show them the printouts." -- Giorgos Keramidas, <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> "What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing." [Aristotle] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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