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Same thing applies to OpenOffice and StarOffice and most other programs...
So what is your point?
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It is about time.  jimroar2000 | 10/03/05
WordPerfect is dead. Get over it. (NT)  hal9000mx | 10/03/05
If the Open Document format takes off, Word Perfect could see gains.  DonnieBoy | 10/03/05
Funny, Can't even give WP away  John Zern | 10/03/05
Gotta Spare Copy  nucrash | 10/03/05
Actually, if you are...  zkiwi | 10/03/05
Word Perfect is a great product, it is just that we have OpenOffice if you  DonnieBoy | 10/03/05
If it were better than MSOffice than WP would have most marketshare.  osreinstall | 10/03/05
No, it does not matter that Word Perfect is a little better.  DonnieBoy | 10/03/05
So what is wrong with letting MS do it?  osreinstall | 10/03/05
it's dead?  Monkey_MCSE | 10/03/05
Nope, all those lawyers at the bottom of the ocean  Boot_Agnostic | 10/03/05
It's really unbelievable ...  Ludovit | 10/03/05
WoW!  Tim Patterson | 10/03/05
Does this mean...  Loverock Davidson | 10/03/05
Really, OpenOffice allows you to use PDF in it's data base output?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
OpenOffice has had this for some time. Microsoft is feeling the heat.  DonnieBoy | 10/03/05
Question  rapson | 10/03/05
Answer  Anti_Zealot | 10/03/05
Sorry but no, PDF is an open standard  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
Sorry, that was not the question  Anti_Zealot | 10/03/05
PDF is open enough. You can read and write without a license.  DonnieBoy | 10/03/05
As you wish, so shall it be  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/03/05
Editting pdf  Bill4 | 10/03/05
I agree.  John Zern | 10/03/05
Open Office does this already...  Linux User 147560 | 10/03/05
In general, the transformation to PDF is lossy. They only save what  DonnieBoy | 10/03/05
The PDF format  thetargos | 10/03/05
Yeah, you saw right through this ona, as usual...  John Zern | 10/03/05
Users have been wanting native PDF from MS for some time now.  DonnieBoy | 10/03/05
Sorry you are wrong, MS had to obtain an Adobe license  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
Hasn't the PDF format been open for years?  Patrick Jones | 10/03/05
Not for commercial use.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
Incorrect  baggins_z | 10/03/05
I disagree..  Patrick Jones | 10/03/05
Desperate Don  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/03/05
They probably are feeling heat  Loverock Davidson | 10/03/05
Did  Linux User 147560 | 10/03/05
I think so  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/03/05
In that regard, this is GREAT, I should recieve fewer .doc files.  DonnieBoy | 10/03/05
No, there is no such thing as a *.doc file.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
Same thing applies to OpenOffice and StarOffice and most other programs...  Physco Dude | 10/03/05
Just offering a clue to the above poster.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
Yes, choice is good, and Massechusettes wants Open <ocument.  DonnieBoy | 10/03/05
Hassayampa River  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/03/05
So what Don's telling us  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/03/05
Hold on oh cleuless one.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
And, that is EXACTLY why Microsoft has resisted supporting it.  DonnieBoy | 10/03/05
Again... Apple is doing that same NOW!  ocenteno | 10/03/05
MacOS X has had Print-To-PDF from day one...  BitTwiddler | 10/03/05
Use preveiw not acrobat reader  An_Axe_to_Grind | 10/03/05
And 90%+ of the world's users simply doesn't care.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
Which of course  baggins_z | 10/03/05
Not being cruel...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
Irrelevant  baggins_z | 10/03/05
Let the usual MS bashing proceed  mikelpg | 10/03/05
Well...  Monkey_MCSE | 10/03/05
Huh, show me where they claimed "innovative" in this.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
speaking in general...  Monkey_MCSE | 10/03/05
In your dreams MSFT boy  Chad_z | 10/03/05
Chad, don't go away mad, just go away.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
Amazing, no. Predictable, yes...  avdp | 10/03/05
Show me where the word "innovation" is used.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
Not yet  avdp | 10/03/05
So all the ranting fools are, um, fools?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
Fools, maybe  avdp | 10/04/05
...and you are one of them (I mean ranting fool)  No_Brain_To_Think | 10/04/05
Bashing VS sheeping  Anti_Zealot | 10/03/05
Beta had issues  voska | 10/03/05
Lot of assumptions there  voska | 10/03/05
I liked that  John Zern | 10/03/05
Spot On!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
Nice to see that we all agree  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/03/05
Do you get dizzy from all that spin?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
They already had it before MS...  Physco Dude | 10/03/05
Why is this news worthy?  fizzmaster | 10/03/05
Will need to change Group Policies..  Mike Cox | 10/03/05
Excellent, Mike  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/03/05
Microsoft Innovation  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/03/05
Innovation  Loverock Davidson | 10/03/05
NEWESFLASH: OpenOffice.org and StarOffice already export to PDF. (nt)  CobraA1 | 10/03/05
Multiple formats? Not important....  techboy_z | 10/03/05
But that is a monoculture thinking.  osreinstall | 10/03/05
Sorry, you are plain wrong.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
Great idea  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/03/05
MS was getting 120 thousand requests a month for it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
Adobe is more proprietary...  314 | 10/03/05
Law firms and WP?  John Zern | 10/03/05
You can and it's free  Bill4 | 10/03/05
MS bought the license for you.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
Plus a small handling fee, of course  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/03/05
So what's stopping you?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/03/05
Feature bloat, just another thing to complain about  Boot_Agnostic | 10/03/05
code view was great  Monkey_MCSE | 10/03/05
OK with me  slingzenarrowzuvowtrayjissforchin | 10/03/05
Adobe purchased Macromedia...  Anton Philidor | 10/03/05
I'm trying not to be cynical here  slingzenarrowzuvowtrayjissforchin | 10/03/05
That's not cynicism...  Anton Philidor | 10/03/05
Microsoft to support PDF in Office 12  Loverock Davidson | 10/03/05
Obviously  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/03/05
PDFCreator at sourceforge.net  old_user | 10/03/05
Been using for a while, love it  Boot_Agnostic | 10/04/05
Competition is good  John L. Ries | 10/03/05
Now if they would allow unformatted text to be pasted into HTML e-mails...  K B | 10/03/05
You can already do that  george_ou | 10/03/05
Not a MS issue, it took time...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
My, Don's spinning today  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/03/05
You're right YBK  Richard Flude | 10/03/05
Another Microsoft Innovation!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 10/03/05
Should offer a PDF printer...  wolf_z | 10/03/05
Agreed  Loverock Davidson | 10/03/05
Actually, it would be nice if that was available on all Linux distributions  DonnieBoy | 10/03/05
postscript failed...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
Please talk to George Ou  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/03/05
Postscript didn't fail...  Richard Flude | 10/03/05
It is  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/03/05
I use PDFCreator 8  Boot_Agnostic | 10/03/05
It's all about the license...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
What?  baggins_z | 10/03/05
Just been using PDF995  eddoaloha | 10/03/05
Woopie  calcmandan | 10/03/05
And everyone is rejoicing at your choice.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
Mass posturing  Physco Dude | 10/03/05
Oh to be sure, Mass. had an impact.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
One quibble ...  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/03/05
Yes and no...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
Policies  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/03/05
Sorry, your wrong.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
Take your own advice, Don  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/03/05
Unfortunately it wouldn't have helped, it seems  Mark Miller | 10/04/05
Massachusetts' bizarre definition  BruceWheelock@... | 10/03/05
ISO  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/03/05
ISO PDF-X  eddoaloha | 10/03/05
Thank you  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/04/05
Too Little, Too Late?  mwagner@... | 10/03/05
This FULLY meets the Mass. requirements.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/05
So...  Anti_Zealot | 10/03/05
Don't hoping you really won't  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/03/05
FULLY half-way there  IT_User | 10/03/05
Meanwhile  CobraA1 | 10/03/05
Right you are...  Anti_Zealot | 10/03/05
WordPerfect Ahead of Curve  MountainMan66 | 10/03/05
Wordperfect?  itpro_z | 10/03/05
From a humble user's perspective....  Bill4 | 10/03/05
WP 5.2  itpro_z | 10/03/05
MS didn't do in Wordperfect in our humble beginnings  Boot_Agnostic | 10/04/05
metro  Otto_Delete | 10/03/05
Whoo look at those others who support  jmills@... | 10/03/05
I don't need no stinking Office Bloat Ware  oisleach@... | 10/04/05
Speaking of bloat  Boot_Agnostic | 10/04/05
nowhere near bloat-city with office.  An_Axe_to_Grind | 10/04/05
somewhere close enough to bloat city  Boot_Agnostic | 10/05/05
Another try to kill ADOBE. Good luck.  kiribanda | 10/04/05
practical is good...  ssloan1700 | 10/04/05
This is good.  dsentman@... | 10/05/05
I'll answer my own question...  dsentman@... | 10/05/05
PDF for Office 12  mariereno1@... | 10/26/05

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