Post by Felipe Budinich on Sept 23, 2009 8:53:17 GMT -6
Hello!
First of all i want to express my sincere thanks to Matthew J. Finch and everyone involved in the development of Swords & Wizardry.
Just like most of us I don't have as much free time as i used to in my hands. So, even tho i know that the lure to pump out modules, magic items, and optional rules is big (of course recognizing this initiatives as an important part of the expansion of the old school movement), i've decided to tackle accessibility to the rules as a personal project.
So as my first project, i've decided to migrate the rules from the microsoft *.doc file to the open standard *.odt file (I know, it only takes two neurons and 30 seconds to open the file and navigate to the "save as..." menu, but i just decided on this project yesterday, and yet i still feel that is somewhat important).
1.- This provides access to the rules to anyone, despite their choice of Operative System.
2.- This provides access to the rules to anyone that has no access to the microsoft commercial product.
To read, print and work on a *.odt file there are several options, the most popular, but not limited to, being OpenOffice.
Some advantages of the Open Document Text (*.odt) file type:
1.- It is not scrambled, so it weights less than the same document saved on other format (150 kb *.odt file vs 1500 kb *doc file).
2.- It is an open standard, think of it as digital archival quality paper, wont become obsolete overnight as other formats already have (as long as one individual keeps working on open source text editors it will be around).
Enjoy, and keep tuned for other accesibility developments ;-)
First of all i want to express my sincere thanks to Matthew J. Finch and everyone involved in the development of Swords & Wizardry.
Just like most of us I don't have as much free time as i used to in my hands. So, even tho i know that the lure to pump out modules, magic items, and optional rules is big (of course recognizing this initiatives as an important part of the expansion of the old school movement), i've decided to tackle accessibility to the rules as a personal project.
So as my first project, i've decided to migrate the rules from the microsoft *.doc file to the open standard *.odt file (I know, it only takes two neurons and 30 seconds to open the file and navigate to the "save as..." menu, but i just decided on this project yesterday, and yet i still feel that is somewhat important).
1.- This provides access to the rules to anyone, despite their choice of Operative System.
2.- This provides access to the rules to anyone that has no access to the microsoft commercial product.
To read, print and work on a *.odt file there are several options, the most popular, but not limited to, being OpenOffice.
Some advantages of the Open Document Text (*.odt) file type:
1.- It is not scrambled, so it weights less than the same document saved on other format (150 kb *.odt file vs 1500 kb *doc file).
2.- It is an open standard, think of it as digital archival quality paper, wont become obsolete overnight as other formats already have (as long as one individual keeps working on open source text editors it will be around).
Enjoy, and keep tuned for other accesibility developments ;-)
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