[Athen] Microsoft Word versus Open Office

[Berkowitz, Daniel J]

Terry --- 

Yes and .... um .... let me see .... Yes (on both counts)

Give me a few minutes and I will reply with specifics. 

In the meantime -- I was just throwing out a fun article and apparently
the fuse was lit unexpectedly. 

My point was that in the process we have developed at BU -- and which I
plan to share at AHG -- OpenOffice has replaced MS-Word and allows us to
create documents for conversion into DAISY that are cleaner, safer, and
faster. 



 
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>-----Original Message-----

>From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On

>Behalf Of Terry Thompson

>Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 12:41 PM

>To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'

>Subject: Re: [Athen] Microsoft Word versus Open Office

>

>Does OpenOffice's PDF export feature support "tagged PDF", and is the

>result

>a well-structured, reasonably accessible PDF document?

>

>(I'm asking this not to squelch you OpenOffice advocates' enthusiasm -

It's

>just something I've been wondering and haven't had a chance to

>investigate).

>

>

>Thanks,

>Terry

>

>Terry Thompson

>Technology Specialist, DO-IT

>University of Washington

>tft at u.washington.edu

>206/221-4168

>http://www.washington.edu/doit

>

>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org

>> [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Kelmer, Susan M.

>> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 9:31 AM

>> To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network

>> Subject: Re: [Athen] Microsoft Word versus Open Office

>>

>> Oh, and one more thing...OpenOffice has this amazing ability

>> to open almost any type of text document, and SAVE in any

>> type of text format as well.  And with a little downloadable

>> plugin, it will also export to simple PDF format, without

>> needing to purchase Adobe Acrobat Pro.

>>

>> When Word can do these things, and stop locking up and

>> bogging down, I might change my mind about OO.

>>

>> Susan Kelmer

>> Coordinator

>> Information ACCESS Lab

>> St. Louis Community College at Meramec

>> 314/984-7951

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