On 17/09/2020 21.16, nospam wrote:
In article , VanguardLH
wrote:


Not sure how her employer would know she was not using MS Word at home
if the alternative word processors could read and save in .doc[x]
format. Her employer would just be getting a file as the result of her
home-based work.

the alternatives are not 100% compatible.

the moment she sends a file that doesn't render properly for her
employer or that she has problems reading a file sent to her, it will
become quite obvious she's not using the real thing. this is most
commonly seen with tables.

Yes, but in that case the employer should be supplying the computer, the
software, and the training. They don't do any of that, so they can not
demand anything in that respect.

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Cheers, Carlos.