Maybe not ot single users but what about companies that have to buy thousands of licenses?
I thought Stross gave an example of Search and Replace in Scrivener that would have been difficult if the text in the table had been converted into a graphic, but I canât see it now. I think the problem with word isnât the presentation issues. He usually hands the document off for someone else for editing and then final layout. Iâm sure one problem is the back and forth between him and editors. Especially if he has the document marked up in styles (chapter heading, and for all I know having styles like ânarrationâ or âfirst person expositionâ) and getting those styles messed up when the document comes back for revision.
Missing a word in a global search and replace because the table had been converted into a graphic would have embarrassing consequences.
Is this confirmation that youâre really from the future where software drivers have become sentient?
All I can say is that (a) Iâve never used Word, but (b) descriptions of its implied workflow from folks who have used it (in particular, its apparent assumption that you will write a document, style it, and then never again change its content) make the headline one Iâve been assuming for a VERY long time.
Insert standard rant about separation of content and rendering.
.docs from one version of Word arenât exactly compatible with .docs from other versions of Word, or anything else.
And if you are doing anything that requires clear-not-fancy formatting, you will want to avoid Word, and if it requires something other than any of the standard types of formatting, you may want to avoid anything that insists on styles and autoformatting.
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