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 _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
