On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 21:28, Michael Kallas wrote:
Hi,
On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 11:45:06AM +0200, xdrudis@tinet.org wrote:
I've had trouble editing a MS Word file in one of those (plus MS OFfice) and then looking at it in some other. That's because
a) Word files are not intended to move from one computer to another, let alone, one program to another.
b) the format is not a standard, it's a moving target.
Well, that's all only too true. But would it be possible to create a MS Word Add-In that a) Converts the content into some specified format and b) Qualifies as Free Software? Such a solution would reduce the "extra work" to create really free documents that was mentioned earlier in the discussion.
yes it's called "save as ascii text" :)