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> What you are asking here is silly.
>
> There is absolutely no barking way that you can look at a document,
> any
> document, and have any fiddly idea what product was used to create it,
> or
> what platform the product was running on.
>
> <liberal snipping>
>
> This is not a flame, just a light smack to the side of the head.
>
>
> [Jeff Hooker] In George's defense,
>
> It is a least as silly to suggest that the tool used to create a
> document has no influence on the final form of the document itself.
> Certain tools have certain strengths that make certain layouts make
> more sense from a creation/upkeep point of view.
>
> I would also assert that the platform is a lot less relevant than the
> tool itself.
>
> This is not a flame, but rather a light noogie.
>
> Just my opinion,
> Jeff Hooker
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Barry Kieffer
>
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