Subj : Re: Old computer
To   : boraxman
From : Arelor
Date : Tue Jun 28 2022 05:48:25

  Re: Re: Old computer
  By: boraxman to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Jun 27 2022 10:10 pm

 > The desktop suite is a wrong approach to a problem to begin with.  Office software,
 > ase and generated documentation could have been better.
 > 
 > I use Office a lot at work, and I estimate that at least 75% of the time I use this
 > 

Yes and no. When you want to produce a printer-ready report, a program that lets you
edit paper-alike documents is not a bad aproximation to the task.

That said, when you want to produce an electronic-only document you are better off
using other alternatives that generate output which is easy to convert to different
formats later on. For example, I use Wrodgrinder for writing short stories, because I
get an output in a relatively portable format which I can painlessly convert into a
printer-ready format later if need be.

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