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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Paul Sutton wrote: > > I want to move away from over reliance on things like open office, but > have to use it so I can read stuff people send me (job applications for > example) I don't mind this but having a whole office suite installed Something like PDF would be more applicable in 99% of cases. Given that a) the recipient dosn't need to alter it. b) it will look the same more or less regardless of the software used to display it. It's interesting that many agencies explicitally demand editable formats for the likes of CVs. Though it would require some investigation to find out if they are actually modifying CVs... > when i don't use 90 percent of it seems crazy. I am starting to learn It might not always be the same 10 (or less) percent, depending on the user however. Which probably is more an argument for a much more modular tool than anything else. e.g. a very basic "office" with "Mozilla style" addons. > LaTeX, as best I can, txt2tags is another useful program that I can use > to do quite complex documents with ease, lyx should make LaTeX a bit > easier. When word processors first came along they wern't always WYSIWYG. Certainly Wordstar and Word Perfect wern't, especially if you used a proportional font. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJQBfSsoRLMhsZpFcRAgVcAJ901lio4fRCo5YJa8Py7Aaei9t41gCfULeY ElfeE6v4c0CXhX/iylvFrpU= =dsIc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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