From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote at 07:55 this Wednesday (GMT):   
   > On Wed, 12 Jun 2024 06:25:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:   
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   >> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote at 05:55 this Tuesday (GMT):   
   >>   
   >>> On Tue, 11 Jun 2024 02:40:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:   
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   >>>> And they made it even more confusing by introducing .docx too.   
   >>>   
   >>> That’s a whole new format, which Microsoft has tried to railroad   
   >>> through as some kind of “international standard” (ISO 29500). Except   
   >>> the specification document is so opaque and incomprehensible, nobody   
   >>> can be sure when they’ve implemented it properly or not. So   
   >>> “compatibility” falls back to meaning “compatible with Microsoft   
   >>> Office”, not “conforming to an official spec”.   
   >>>   
   >>> Stick to ODF, aka ISO 26300. It’s only a small fraction of the   
   >>> complexity, and much easier to get right.   
   >>   
   >> Why not just use .rtf or .md? Those are way more universal imo.   
   >   
   > You mean Markdown? Sure, it’s nice and simple, but has no stylesheets.   
      
      
   Stylesheets?   
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