Reasonable use of File Formats
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Proprietary formats require the receiver to have a particular application
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What's a proprietary format?
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Any format used by a particular application to store its data
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Specifically: Any format owned by a particular company
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Often not designed to be portable
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Often designed to maintain/strengthen a company's grip on the market
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Word documents
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PDF files
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...etc
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Not HTML
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(Why not?)
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When is it ok to use a proprietary format?
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When formatting is critical to your document
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When is it not ok?
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When your document is just text
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When text would do just as well
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