__/ [ Rex Ballard ] on Sunday 11 February 2007 05:51 \__
> On Feb 11, 12:03 am, i...@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>> We are pleased to announce the release of OpenXML Writer 1.0
>>
>> http://www.openxml.biz/OpenXMLWriter.html
>>
>> OpenXML Writer is an opensource text editor for creating OpenXML
>> Wordprocessing files (.docx). The generated files can be opened and
>> edited in Word 2007 and other softwares that support the Office
>> OpenXML format.
>
> This could be an interesting development. An application which
> actually
> supports OpenXML, no more, no less, exactly as specified. Which will
> highlight
> any deviation Microsoft makes from this standard.
>
>> Among the features supported are text formatting options like bold,
>> italic, underline, font color, font name , font size, paragraph
>> justification and text indentation. Basic editing functions like
>> cutting, copying, pasting and spell check are also provided.
>
> Sounds like Wordpad to me, if even that much.
Spellchecker requires something like Office. I am always amazed to see that
Windows comes without something as simple and 'cheap' as a list/index of
words. It's just a way of urging the customer to pay for the second (and
more expensive) cash cow.
There are hacks though for getting a spellchecker on a barebone Windows XP
box. But why deliver a O/S in the shape of a 'teaster'? I mean, spellchecker
is something we all implemented as freshers at the University. And its cost
is as large (or small) as the vocabulary. That 3-minutes tune which comes
with Windows XP (alebit it's a hideen files) could easily be substituted
with something useful like a spellchecker.
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