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Author Re: Layout Hell.: leave it
Carol

2004-07-23, 3:55 pm

I'm still here and i can answer any questions for which i have an answer,
and for which there is a question.
Zen

"Peter Lacey" <lacey@mb.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:410151FB.F86ACC2D@mb.sympatico.ca...
> Richard wrote:
>
> IMHO there are several people in this NG that spend entirely too much
> time trashing RW. He may be right or wrong but he's entitled to his
> opinion. If you think he's wrong, say so and let it go. If you leave it
> at that the controversy will necessarily stop. You ought to know by now
> that some things can't be settled once-and-for-all, especially when egos
> come into play.
>
> So far as his program is concerned, I think it's overkill but at least
> it is a CONCRETE suggestion as opposed to the volumes of speculation
> that have appeared in response to "Carol's" original question. Many of
> the people that took time to explain the data representations did so out
> of the best of motives but they missed the point, which was that she
> doesn't care about the details, she just wants to convert the file. And
> the easiest way to do it is to write a "Quick & Dirty" program to create
> a flat or CSV file to read into Access or whatever it si she needs.
>
> Let it go!
>
> PL



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