Re. Word(im)Perfect and tags

[Geoff Hart <geoff-h -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA>]

     Pam Owen wrote to express problems with
     WordPerfect for Windows, and noted that she's
     never had a problem unformatting MS Word text when
     she had a problem. Well, I'd have to add that I
     work with WP primarily on a Mac, and I've been
     unable to crash the software since late in the
     last beta release; WP for Windows has a reputation
     as being much buggier, but I'd blame that on the
     platform. Not meaning to get back to that old OS
     war, just making an observation. Deleting tags is
     definitely a problem, as Pam noted, but I'd call
     that user carelessness, not a program flaw.
     Moreover, reinserting the tags is generally
     trivial: use the undo function, copy the tag from
     elsewhere, or apply the necessary tag directly in
     the editing window.

     MSW, on the other hand, has caused me numerous
     problems dropping files into PageMaker; RTF is too
     rich for its own good. If you're keeping your text
     in Word, the software seems to work just fine for
     some people. (There are many detractors, just as
     there are many for WP.)

     Editing tags directly isn't for everyone, and it
     really annoys some folks. But for me, I stand by
     my original statement: editing the tags directly
     is sometimes the only way to solve a problem.

     --Geoff Hart    @8^{)}
     geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca

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