Common document interchange format

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

Normally, I produce .doc files and .ppt files for my students to download 
although I produce these with either Star Office 5.2 or Open Office 1.0.1 
(There is a bug in OO that still requires my use of SO 5.2. The bug has 
been fixed, but will not be released until the next release of OO). 

I use .doc and .ppt as the lowest common denominator because most word 
processors and presentation managers can read these files. AFAIK: .doc and 
.ppt are more common than the MS Word 97/2000/XP .doc or MS PowerPoint 
97/2000/XP .ppt formats.   
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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
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