Re: [seul-edu] M$ Audits (long) [was Re: MS targeting...]

[Leon Brooks <leon@brooks.fdns.net>]

On Tuesday 23 April 2002 23:31, Harry McGregor wrote:
>> Having said that, the last version I used was 5.2 and is still had
>> problems.  For example, someone takes an inordinate amount of time to
>> format something "just so" (as kids are want to do).  Some of that
>> formatting is often lost when opened in SO.  Then the fun starts!  ;-)  I
>> haven't played with 6.0 yet - it ought to be fun to play with and see how
>> it handles things like embedded Excel files and such...  5.2 had
>> difficulty with this, and other things people would routinely do in
>> Office, but as I said, I like SO.

> Most of the problems related to formating come from incorrect use of
> formating (spaces instead of tabs, etc), and font differances.

I can tell you some ripper horror stories about this very thing. Secretaries 
who are bright but don't see the big picture. Years of work put into 
templates, and then a a difficult-to-reverse forced upgrade and... oops.

Cheers; Leon