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title: "Document Formats and Plaintext"
date: 2022-05-19T21:24:52-04:00
date: 2022-05-19 21:24:52-04:00
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title: Document Formats and Plaintext
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Microsoft Word, Apple Pages, Google Docs, Libreoffice Writer all provide a method of writing and formatting text. This is then normally stored in a "binary" file. I put binary in quotes as they are often stored in a zip archive of XML files. However, because it's in a zip archive, I cannot use standard plaintext tools to search within the document.
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- Academic papers: LaTex
- Presentations: LaTex (unless they need video)
If you're interested in learning how to work with plaintext and other cool things, check out the [Plain Text Project](https://plaintextproject.online/) by [Scott Nesbitt](https://scottnesbitt.net/).
If you're interested in learning how to work with plaintext and other cool things, check out the [Plain Text Project](https://plaintextproject.online/) by [Scott Nesbitt](https://scottnesbitt.net/).