Word processor Blues [MS Word version]: Do we need word processors anymore?

November 13, 2005

ongoing á Word Processing Blues

Tim relates his problems with an old MS Word file and how he solved it with Emacs (an open-source multi-platform text editor [and much more] that has been around since 1976] and CSS.
He concludes:

[A]ssuming you had a Web editor with a good change tracker, why would anyone want a word processor any more?

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