Why can a word processor have so much difficulty:
- Getting outline numbering working.
- Handle styles appropriately so you don't end up with sections as 'Default' and 'Body Text' without being able to tell.
- Make images anchor properly.
- Have a simple diagram drawing tool that is usable.
It really doesn't have to be super fancy, RISCOS managed to work it out many many years ago. Just blend that with a modern file format (Open Document) and you're sorted.
Hopefully AbiWord will replace OOo...
1 comment:
You should be using latex ;P
But I agree, OO seems to be quite buggy. Abiword is generally fine but has more trouble interoperating with MS formats - which I only know because the world insists on using MS Word.
One thing that MS Word is good at is doing revisions - so the scientific community and other writers like it. OO has to match at least that feature or it won't get very far into the market.
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