Re: [Bug-gnupedia]Submissions in Word Format

[Dan Geiser]

> Paul wrote:
>
> > If we decide to accept HTML as a submission format, then we must be
> > prepared to deal with any conforming HTML, no matter how ``yucky'' it
> > might be.
>
> I know :-(.  However, there's an issue in that comment of mine which
> relates to the current "shall we, shan't we" discussion about MS Word. > 
> What about the proprietary items included in the HTML generated by MSWord? 
> Things like MS fonts, for example?  What should be done about > MS 
> generated HTML's absence of structural tagging (last time I looked, > <hn> 
> was never generated, even if the original document had a "heading > 1" 
> included from a template)?  These issues are going to trip us up if > we 
> insist on the easy conversion of MSWord to HTML.
>
> Paul

That's why it's best to just have everything submitted in text format.

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