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> Take an example. Does ANYONE "Hand Author" Word or PDF > documents ? I think not. I'd disagree there David. The most common text authoring tool perhaps? Or did you mis-write that? ------------------ I mis-wrote or you mis-understood. People don't author "In the Word Format" They author "Using The Word Application". If you ever open up a .doc file and look inside (even the modern ones that are ziped XML) you will scream. I don't think anyone authors in that format. They use Word Application. And let the application worry about the document format. > > Yet does anyone complain about how hard it is to author Word or PDF > Documents ? All I hear from authors is how they DON'T want to author > XML, > > they want Word. The actual file format is irrelevant to most > document authors (except us geeks). I guess you're missing the obvious benefit of Word authoring? The author can make it look how he/she wants? That's meaningful to many authors. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- That *IS* my point. People want to use a Word-Like or Actually-Word *application*. I understand complely the benefit of that. What I'm suggesting is the lack of the equivilent for authoring in XML Format but "Act Like Word" application. (YEs I know there are some tools like Oxygen ... but IMHO not enough and not good enough). -- regards -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk
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