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From: Birkir Gunnarsson
Date: Apr 8, 2010 5:15PM

Hi Simius

Oh, do not get me wrong, I did not mean to criticize you on your link or
advertizing, merely point out even if I were in the position to contract
such things to you the language is a bit of a barrier *smiles*.
Thanks to you and al the other folks on this list for very helpful input.
I am trying to find out what the source of the document is and I have
forwarded the advice overview from this list to the ministry, after that the
issue is more or less out of my hands.
My problem with plain text files (they have a .txt) is that when it comes to
a report of over 2000 printed pages with chapters and subchapters, tables,
lists etc I prefer a structure to allow me to jump to a particular section
that interests me or a way to jump past a long list of names or a table of
numbers that does not interest me. The first 3 pages is a list of
contributors and "special thanks" people and with Jaws and the arrow down
key, having no ida how long the list will be, just getting past that list
takes a minute or two. For a document of, say, up to 10 or so pages that can
easily be read as a whole plain text is great, for anything this bulky I
feel some indexing and link structure is vital to the quick perusal of said
text.
Thanks
-B