On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:33:51 +0100, Orchid XP v7 wrote:


>> Exactly, almost every company has their requirements for something more
>> than just plain text.  Whether it's specialist scientific diagrams,
>> photos, fancy graphics or whatever.  Not many companies just produce
>> reports and things in plain-text.
> 
> My point here is not "word processors shouldn't allow you to include
> graphics". My point is "running a word processor should not require
> several hundred MB of RAM" [unless you're actually loading something
> large].

FWIW, I agree; further, though, if you are loading something large, a 
word processor is often times the wrong application to be using for it.

For example, developing course materials for training, the group I 
started in nearly 5 years ago all used MS Word with master documents.  
Horrible, horrible idea - when Word didn't crash, it was painfully slow, 
even with 2 GB of memory in the machines (Running 2KPro or XP).

Using the right tool for the job is very important.

Jim

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