From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 8 04:28:31 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 5E93C1065677 for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2010 04:28:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from cpoproxy1-pub.bluehost.com (cpoproxy1-pub.bluehost.com [69.89.21.11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2863E8FC1C for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2010 04:28:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 3928 invoked by uid 0); 8 Jun 2010 04:28:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy1.bluehost.com with SMTP; 8 Jun 2010 04:28:30 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=hrCs1ppqGAtzV8HKeecPAPRYCXKYbXHeV6GdD7iCYGMFsb7BiqEcAaC0Wjve/bcBiHdFyAs0K4IPFEabA3065Y3JDUJpcbiArdGwPyuwDdlGl2Gs/DO2YvxHmp3u1K+D; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OLqQP-0007Ze-KM for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:28:30 -0600 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:28:04 -0600 Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 22:28:04 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20100608042804.GB33797@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <20100606203416.GF46089@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100607035650.GA29350@guilt.hydra> <20100607163456.GB2102@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="NMuMz9nt05w80d4+" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} 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: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:28:31 -0000 --NMuMz9nt05w80d4+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 10:12:44PM -0400, Chris Hill wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jun 2010, Chip Camden wrote: >=20 > >[...] I do have clients who send me Word docs, and one who requires that= =20 > >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= =20 > >like to limit my involvement with Windows to only developing for it when= =20 > >I must. >=20 > 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= o=20 > foo.doc`. There, it's in word format! And Word really can open the file,= =20 > 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. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --NMuMz9nt05w80d4+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkwNxtQACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKXm5QCg5Xx+LlMtEuT7R/47n9Oqy/hF GhAAoJAm69C0zkhqjf5kDLZLw9SDRvbU =+/44 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NMuMz9nt05w80d4+--