On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:58:12 +0100 Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Juergen Fenn wrote: > > > the same: If you know you are required to provide a DOC file for > > submission to a journal then use Word and produce a DOC file of your > > paper. Even OOo is second choice because it is not the > > original. > > This is again the widespread FUD that there are no compatibility problems > between different word versions, but only between word and OOo. That is not > true, you can get these compatibility problems as easily with different > versions of word. Depending on the document contents OOo might be perfect > for creation of .doc files or might have severe problems, but the situation > is the same if you use word, but a different version of word than your > publisher. > It's not just a problem between word versions. It can also be a problem with the same version of word on different computers. Using special fonts, special mathematics add-ons (mathtype), different screen characteristics, or just having a non standard normal.dot (is that it's name?) can cause files to look differently on different computers. What elevates the problem is that most people don't know how to work with styles properly which makes the job of reformatting the document a complete mess and a pile of guess works. > > Georg > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. >
