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Re: [LUG] I thought this might get a bit of a reaction

 

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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.


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