In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, gwicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>----- Original Message ----- >From: "Malcolm Cadman" >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 10:15 PM >Subject: Re: [ql-users] Quill to PDF convertor ? >> Anyway, with QPC2 it is easy to copy over a Quill_doc into a Quill.doc >> or a plain text file to the DOS C: Drive, and import it in to M$ Word. >> >> The version of M$ Word that I have, dated 2002, has a file converter >> that requests how to treat imported formats. >> > >It is fairly easy to transfer text between different word processors >including between PC and QL ones. However not everyone is disciplined and a >lot of PC users just assume that everyone can read Word files and import >them into other programs. > >If a Word.doc contains graphics or unusual formatting such as columns, these >can be quite difficult to import into other (even PC) programs. > >Dare I say it, but one of the worst offenders was Quanta who seem to have a >love affair with MS Word - the committee must sleep with a copy of it under >their pillows. We have embarked on a program of re-education, some of us by >gentle persuasion and others by brute force, More like M$ thinking that they can rule the software world ... well they do, don't they ... :-) It is a work requirement, for me, that I use M$ software everyday ..... When I used WordPerfect it was always much more tolerant of recognising other formats. I assume that Star Office and Open Office, to name two, are also prone to tolerance too ? -- Malcolm Cadman _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
