Yes, but what about those spreadsheets and presentation slides?
They will also need to be standardised as well.


On Mon, 2007-07-09 at 08:56 +0800, Soh Kam Yung wrote:
> On 7/8/07, John Thng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Problem is the formatting and layout of text.
> > Regardless of any software we use, they should look the same.
> >
> > And just like schools are using MS Office. At home if we should be able
> > to use other Office software without worries, and not restricted to one
> > office to open the documents in the same layout and format.
> 
> Maybe we should all go back to using Knuth's TeX system (and addons
> like Lamport's LaTeX)...};-)
> 
> It's platform agnostic, the document format is open (public domain?),
> it's definitely bug free (when was the last time somebody claimed a
> check from Knuth for reporting a bug?) and its output is consistent
> across printing devices.
> 
> I bet I can still print out a copy of my masters' Thesis (done over
> ten years ago) in LaTeX today...};-)
> 
> Regards,
> Kam Yung


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