[libreoffice-users] Re: Writer and Word compatibility question

On 5/29/16 2:30 PM, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote:
> On 05/27/2016 11:29 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
> > On 5/27/16 6:40 PM, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote:

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> You do not need Word for writing books.  You just need to provide the
> book in the format that the editor/publisher requires - after you finish
> your work.

Writing whatever isn't my point.  It's allowing a group of people to 
collaborate on a writing project, with each one being able to use the 
word processor of their choice, and not be forced to use a particular 
program.

> There is a really prolific author - Piers Anthony - who went to Linux
> and OOo years ago.  I believe he is now using LO.  He wrote macros and
> uses a non-standard keyboard.  He use to write 3 to 5 books a year.  Now
> that he is in the late 70's he has slowed down a lot.  He use to have
> author's notes at the end of his books, but now does most of it in a
> blog.  After reading he used OOo on his old Windows system, I started
> using it.  Then a few years later he moved to Linux for writing while
> his wife used Windows - no dial-up modem support for Linux in the
> forested area of Florida he lived in.

I don't know if I've read any his books or not.

Not having any modem support might have been a blessing in disguise!   LOL

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Ken
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     and it's gone!"


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