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<br>> What are people's preferences on file formats - PDF / Docx / RTF? I'd<br>> like people to actively modify and change the documents, but don't want<br>> to end up acting as a librarian.<br><br>Under the "no good deed goes unpunished" rubric, I think a dynamic web-based doc format is almost unavoidable.<br><br>Xerte has from the start grown pretty organically, and the team has been incredibly responsive to implementing feature/function requests, bug fixes and plain old "wouldn't this be cool" add-ons.<br><br>The speed at which Xerte evolves I think is going to make any hard copy doc a nightmare to maintain, and have limited currency. How many times do you want to download a .pdf as it grows exponentially?<br><br>Unsurprisingly, the format choice will also be subject to the old learning style debate. I myself find a short explanation, along with either a code chunk or an example file to tear apart, usually more valuable/enlightening than a 20 page description.<br><br>My 2 pence (new).<br><br>Dave<br><br><br><br /><hr />Rediscover HotmailŪ: Now available on your iPhone or BlackBerry <a href='http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Mobile2_042009' target='_new'>Check it out.</a></body>
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