atw: Re: XML software for Word-like formatting

  • From: "Chris lofting" <lofting@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:13:58 +1000

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> Jonathan Moffett
> Sent: Saturday, 27 June 2009 7:30 AM
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> Subject: atw: Re: XML software for Word-like formatting
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> 
> "the master document feature of MS word?"
> Here be dragons. Even for one person, let alone a group.
> 
> If you want to try that path the master document feature of 
> OpenOffice.org's Writer, like that of Word 6, does work. And 
> the content is held in an XML-like file. It even costs very 
> little apart from learning its own foibles.
I did emphasise the need to be careful in the use of such. Also see:

http://www.techwr-l.com/articles/general/masterdocs
 
The focus overall was on the feature being available (and as you say in Open
Office as well).

Chris



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