Wow! Someone got out of bed the wrong side this morning. > If you can create a XML document using a text editor such as EdLine, > that validates against the standard that you are writing, then you > should be using the XML mode of VI.
I ”should” be using it, should I? What if I’m an editor working for a publishing company that receives texts from people of widely varying standards but all in Microsoft Word format, which I edit in Openoffice, then save again in Microsoft format for the publisher? > But, more to the point, it is patently obvious that you are completely > oblivious to what the formatting tool bar in OOo does display . . . > Only by those who haven't bothered to learn how to use OOo . . . Wrong again. I’m a very proficient user (modesty prevents me saying an expert user) of Openoffice. > The issue is whether or not the individual that’s me > is willing to invest the time into learning how to use OOo, or if they > want to treat OOo as a fancy typewriter, and do all of the presentation > markup manually. Or whether the individual works for a living and uses the procedures dictated by their employers (or that are conventional in a particular industry). > If those formatting attributes were done manually, then you have > somebody who doesn't know how to use styles. Correct! That’s the person whose document I have inherited and which I have to correct, clean up, standardise . . . Well, that’s enough unpleasantness for one day. And to those (Johnny, Andrew, etc.) who actually helped, and those who offered encouragement in helping to make Openoffice even better: thank you very much. I am deeply grateful. Séamas Ó Brógáin ---------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
