Gordon wrote:


"Bob I" wrote in message
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Gordon wrote:

On 12/04/2010 07:48, Peter Köhlmann wrote:


In that case: Stay away from *any* version of MS Office, too.
Because it does *not* render the documents completely the same between
versions. Not even with the *same* version, but different printers


I concur with that - I have NEVER understood why the printer should
have a bearing on the DISPLAY of a document - but it does. Totally
weird.


Because different printers have different capabilities. Margin
requirements for paper handling, fonts etc.(set your default printer
to a "generic text printer" and see what happen)


yes but that should only be a factor when PRINTING, not DISPLAYING....a
PDF document looks the same on ANY machine, no matter what type of
printer is attached. Why should a Word document not do the same?

PDF is an image file intended primarily for onscreen viewing, while Word
documents are designed to be put on paper and so are formatted for the
destination printer.(remember WYSIWYG?) Since it's been that way for
~20 years I suspect they figure they have it the way its needed ;-)