From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 7 17:16:52 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0F01106568E for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2010 17:16:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 624138FC12 for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2010 17:16:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o57HGlOE018396 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2010 18:16:48 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Message-ID: <4C0D297F.7070105@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:16:47 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100317 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions References: <20100606203416.GF46089@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100607035650.GA29350@guilt.hydra> <20100607163456.GB2102@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <20100607163456.GB2102@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.96.1 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,DKIM_ADSP_ALL, SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Subject: Re: office apps X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:16:53 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/06/2010 17:34:56, Chip Camden wrote: > For most of what I need to do, it's not an issue. But I do have clients > who send me Word docs, and one who requires that I send them specs in > Word format. For that, I guess I'm stuck using some behemoth office > tool, if only for converting from a different format. I'm currently > doing that work on a Windows workstation, but I'd like to limit my > involvement with Windows to only developing for it when I must. Heh. Do you always remember to save your MS Office documents in such a way that it clears the history before you e-mail them out? Many times taking a document and hitting 'Undo' a few times can reveal all sorts of stuff that you probably wouldn't have wanted to be made public. Lots of places refuse to permit sending out MS Office documents for that specific reason: PDF is generally acceptable even to the most unenlightened Windows users. Ideally though it should be possible to use an open standard, like XHTML or SVG, so the recipients could edit it themselves if needed. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwNKX8ACgkQ8Mjk52CukIxuSACeNhy17dld4767KDvjkNMfvgYz S80Aniw8Qzy6PN2tVRlQ1e0VHlDILsHs =ewPz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----