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Re: Word/OpenDoc labels download

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On 02/07/2011 09:16 AM, Scott Ballinger wrote:
> On Feb 7, 7:56 am, Kevin Powick<nos...@spamless.com>  wrote:
>> For something as simple as labels, I think RTF would be a lot easier to
>> work with.
>
> I agree. Opening and manipulating an RTF doc from an mv environment is
> a piece of cake. The accuterm web site (asent.com) has a sample script
> and subroutine that shows how to execute a ms-word mailmerge process,
> but you could also just use an RTF doc to print pretty. Plus, I don't
> think RTF documents support macros; therefore they are "safer" to
> distribute and less likely to be intercepted by anti-virus and other
> security devices.
>
> /Scott Ballinger
> Pareto Corporation
> Edmonds WA USA
> 206 713 6006

+1 here on RTF. Makes more sense to me.
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Re: Word/OpenDoc labels download Kevin Powick <nospam@spamless.com> - 2011-02-07 10:56 -0500
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