[Leica] A PPT file with Jerusalem street shot - how to upload ?

[raimo.m.korhonen at uusikaupunki.fi (Raimo K)]

Ah, that?s why, you cannot read it. But it is ubiquitous at least around 
these parts.
I do not think it is good, because it is not, but all the people I know can 
read it.
I write my pages in html.
All the best!
Raimo K
Personal photography homepage at:
http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Reid" <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] A PPT file with Jerusalem street shot - how to upload ?


>
>> Why?
>
> Word is a proprietary format whose owner (Microsoft) refuses to document 
> or explain, and to which it makes random changes whenever it wants. A 
> document in Word format can only be used by someone who owns a modern copy 
> of Word. Document interchange must be done in formats that are open, 
> documented, and universal.
>
> PDF is proprietary to Adobe, but they document it, license it to anyone, 
> and give away free of charge the software that can read it. They also do 
> not have a history of making incompatible changes to it.
>
> When someone sends me a Word document I just delete the email and ask them 
> if they can send it in a format that I can read.
>
>
>
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