Re: [Bug-gnupedia]Submissions in Word Format

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Mike Warren wrote:
> address@hidden writes:
> > >    address@hidden wrote:
>
> > >    > What about the proprietary items included in the HTML
> > >    > generated by MSWord?
>
> > > Does lack of support for these features render any part of the
> > > document unreadable ?
>
> > Not usually, but we're back into the thorny issue of proprietary
> > vs. open again.
>
> Not really; HTML isn't proprietary.

No Mike, it isn't. However, the Microsoft extras *are* proprietary.
Particularly their own font definitions, their own style sheets and the IE
only DHTML which I've occasionally seen.

You can't take a stance against MS Word and then accept blindly the
specific, no-free version of HTML which the provided conversion tool gives.

Paul