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On Oct 29, 2012, at 12:31 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:

>  I'd say TeX is pretty popular.  The drooling masses don't use it, but
> who cares?

Exactly the point. TeX is much less popular than Word. But making TeX more like Word would damage it severely.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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