Re: 'Death to Word'

[Lisa Kleinholz lkleinholz@xxxxxxxx]

Good article. I hate Word, but submit everything to publishers as Word doc, 
after importing as ASCII text from XyWrite. Nobody I work for expects .docx. 
I'd love it if the world moved away from Word.
 
Lisa Kleinholz

 
 From: Lynn Brenner 
 To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
 Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 11:50 AM
 Subject: 'Death to Word'

List members may be interested in this piece, which spells out every reason to hate MS Word. 

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/04/microsoft_word_is_cumbersome_inefficient_and_obsolete_it_s_time_for_it_to_die_.html

I've long despised Word, but this article spells out reasons for hating it that had never occurred to me.

I still write everything in Xywrite, but for years I've converted my copy to Word
before filing it because my various print and online editors don't use Xywrite -- 
indeed, most of them have never even heard of it -- but all know Word.
After reading this article, I wonder whether Xywrite wouldn't make 
text easier for them to move from one publishing platform to another.  
Does anyone on the list file copy to be published online in Xywrite?

Lynn Brenner