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> But here is a question: How comes the *byte count* for the same clean text
> file created in XY is different from the "character count" one gets from MS
> Word? ... Anybody knows the reason?
         -- Rene von Rentzell, Tokyo (rrr @ twics.com)


Because MSW is inherently obese? .....  In my experience even an apparently
"clean" Word text-file is several times fatter than an XY file because it is
loaded with format stuff whether used or not. Have you done a "hand-count" to
check which is closer to target?      Ted Stannard

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