XPost: comp.misc, sci.lang, alt.usage.english   
   From: charles@candehope.me.uk   
      
   In article , Lawrence D'Oliveiro   
    wrote:   
   > On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 15:36:42 +1000, Peter Moylan wrote:   
      
   > > Years ago I submitted a research paper to a conference that had   
   > > suddenly adopted a rule that all submissions must be in MS-Word format.   
   > > What the conference organisers didn't realise was that the number of   
   > > lines per page depended on non-portable local conditions. (I think it   
   > > depended on which printer was installed.) Submissions were limited to 4   
   > > pages. When the conference proceedings were published, about half the   
   > > papers turned out to have a length of 4 pages plus 2 lines.   
      
   > Long-standing problem with Microsoft Office. Office diehards often   
   > complain that LibreOffice isn‘t ”100%-compatible• because when they try   
   > moving documents between the two, the layout changes in some unexpected   
   > way. What they don‘t realize is that the Microsoft product isn‘t   
   > consistent with itself, and is quite capable of screwing up layouts on   
   > its own.   
      
   Indeed so, been there, bought the T-Shirt   
      
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