[texhax] TeX v. Word, etc.

[David C. Walden]

> > Take a Word file from 20 years ago and try to read it with any
> > software around today.
>Can anyone give some real examples where you actually try this and
>report what happened?

Not actual examples -- just bitter memories.  The path that failed
for me was converting from an early version of Word for PC to
Word for Mac and then, years later, trying to convert back to
the then current Word for PC.