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On Wednesday 10 October 2007 11:38, Julian Hall wrote: > Tom Potts wrote: > > As for comparing side by side - html will allow you to do that - > > Or just open the same document in two separate instances of Acrobat Reader? its not practical to properly read them like this - you have to click between them as you generally cannot see all of both. see http://www.100297.itsosbroadband.co.uk/Paperless/Formatting.html for further ranting and example - open links in new window. > > > I cant understand why we insist on re-inventing the inefficiencies of the > > paper world in the so called computing era > > Familiarity. The non-computer users want something they recognise and > some (a lot?) of them are unwilling to learn new ways even if the new > ones are proven to be better. It's a comfort zone issue. This is the problem. There is no progress without disruption. No disruption - no progress. The MS office approach has stopped useful computer development in its tracks. 'I can write a word document and do a small excel spreadsheed so I can run your office computing for you' Pah! Office Software - and PDF's - are a new form of one way encryption for your data. > > Kind regards, > > Julian -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html