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From: Stephen Leake <Stephe.Leake@nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: ACM Ada Letters
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Preben Randhol <randhol+valid_for_reply_from_news@pvv.org> writes:

> On 2003-11-05, Pat Rogers <progers@classwide.com> wrote:
> > By the way, Word is only preferred in the sense that I cannot handle
> > LaTex or FrameMaker or something like that.  People typically want to
> > send their submissions in the format of the tool that produced the
> > document itself.  Also, I can make trivial changes for people if they
> > send their submissions in Word.  As it mentions in the Guidelines for
> > Authors, PDF is perfectly acceptable, as is Postscript.
> 
> Why can't you handle LaTeX? LaTeX produces both PS and PDF.

LaTeX can be complex to install. There is a nice Windows installer,
but if an author uses a package that Pat doesn't happen to have
installed, it's a problem.

If you want to use LaTeX, just create the PDF yourself.

That's what PDF is for; document exchange.

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-- Stephe