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From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: WYSIWYG = DIY (=hubris)
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Date: 13 Aug 89 04:51:46 GMT
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In article <GRUNWALD.89Aug11232039@flute.cs.uiuc.edu> grunwald@flute.cs.uiuc.edu writes:

>Well, I know at least one very good reason I use TeX rather than,
>e.g., Word or somesuch.
[...]
>I then wrote out the visicalc file to a text file. This formats my
>data, rounding just like I want it. I then use another Emacs function
>to insert the LaTeX formatting commands to make it into a table.
[...]
>How easy is it to import data into tables for WYSIWYG editors?

MS Word 4.0 and up can import directly from a Lotus or multiplan worksheet,
bringing the data in with tabs separating the columns.  You can select
the whole sheet, named regions or by row, column ranges.  You
do have to set the tab stops yourself to get the column widths
right, but the measurements can be stored in a style and easily applied
to similar tables.  If you like boxed tables, you can select paragraph
borders and add the vertical lines to the tab settings.  Again, you can
store the whole setup as a style, after tweaking one to suit your fancy.

BTW, these 3 functions of Word (.wks import, easy vertical lines between
columns, and styles by example) are about the only things that I find
lacking in Wordperfect.

Les Mikesell