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Re: Word 2003 schemas available

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• Subject: Re: Word 2003 schemas available
• From: Stephan Wiesner <swiesner@l...>
• Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 14:01:32 +0100
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Hi Murali,
I wrote my diploma thesis in DocBook, using Open Source Editor JEdit. I 
used the editor to write my Java code too. And my documentation of 
course. In 6 month it did not crash once and I did not have to recover a 
single backup of my thesis. Put it into CVS, nevertheless, just to be 
sure. You can be sure that I knew a lot of shortcuts for this editor at 
the end, making me really productive in it (still trying to reach that 
level in Eclipse and failing miserably).

Afterwards I wrote a book about Struts. The publisher forced me to use 
Word. I had a lot of problems with it. Formats disappeared, or were 
transformed. Word crashed. I had to split the book into several files 
and had to fight with the references between these documents. etc, etc, etc.
I keep promising myself that if I ever become a famous author I will 
force my publisher to allow me to write in XML . . .

Stephan


Murali Mani wrote:

> I had a "good" :) ?? question, which I felt suited as there is a lot of
> document folks in this list.
> 
> What is advantage of XML format for Word? - i guess space for storing,
> sending. For example, a "hello world" document requires 19+ kB in word.
> 
> When I see this, I see it more like XML as a non-compiled version, and
> compilation taking place transparently..
> 
> even then, what is the big difference as opposed to latex/tex which we are
> all used to?? Is Microsoft Office going to redo the latex approach "more
> correctly"??
> 
> also, I think lot of people are familar with security loopholes in XML
> using processing instructions etc... what kind of security loop holes need
> to be fixed?? It would help me if I get some example processing
> instructions that we need to be careful of..
> 
> what are your opinions on these??
> 
> best, murali.
> 
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