On Friday 28 March 2003 14:06, Tzahi Fadida wrote: > the problem is, we use windows with office word 2000 to create the > documents and i just can't find a satisfactory file format that will keep, > for example, the tabbed numberings, and other simple formats. > of course the first thing that comes to mind: use html. > well ok, i "saved as.." :) and got a jumble. the html of office word is > loaded with unnecessary bull***. Is there another way, aside with the > formatless good old .txt?
(this is a bit off-topic to linux-il, but I'm just trying to be helpful) Did you look into Microsoft Word's "Revisions" feature? Modern versions of Word supports storing multiple revisions of the document in a single .doc file. It stores a backlog of changes in the file and marks the changes according to the author who did them. Word allows you to view the changes in a readable form, with strike-throughs and comments (unlike Windiff, which is only suitable for source code) - in a sort of "blame log". As to comments, authors can add comments wherever they like (each comment is marked with the author's name) and those comments would only be visible in editing mode, not in print. Also, there's a handy option to "Send for review": it allows you to easily send the document by mail and when the recepient emails you the document along with his changes and comments, Word will prompt you to merge the changes back into the original document upon opening. Yes, the file would inflate as a result of storing the entire history so if you intend to pass it to someone else, IIRC there's an option to save a copy without the history. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
