> First, Word format is flakey, and varies even from versions of Word with Uh huh...sure. > the same version number. If you can get your correspondents to export > documents as RTF, you may have better luck. Similarly when they re-import > your files they will have better luck if you ship as RTF. You don't make a living in a service business do you (grin)? If my customers want itin Word format, I give it to them in Word format. That aside, I fail to see how going Word->RTF addresses any of your ideas that "Word is flakey". > However, I have had serious problems with Word re-reading 2-3 MB documents that it had just spat out. Word is buggy. The more sophisticated your document formatting, the worse Word is. Yep..uh huh....I do all this several times a day. You wouldn't be referring to Word97 would you? I skipped that abomination completely but I have none of the problems you suggest with Word2000. > Second, I use Applix 4.x quite sucessfully with both RTF and Word formatted > documents. I have just ordered the latest version, 5.x. It meets the > requirements you set out above. I'm not sure how you could possibly know this as my biggest problem with Star Office has to do with very slight positioning problems when importing Word documents. It seems hard for you to suggest that ANY program can do this as you've just chewed on MS to the point of suggesting that even Word can't do it. What I will say is that if Applixware would let me try their software I probably would. I didn't see any evidence of a trial version. Cheers --- Larry
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