Moving to non-Word formats [long] (was: Re: Having trouble finding a word in multiple files

[Liam Proven]

On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 at 18:36, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
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> Use Dokuwiki.

I am a contractor. I maintain multiple CVs for different types of
roles in different countries. They must be in  MS Word format.

I also need to keep paperwork for the tax authorities etc. This means PDF.

I also use LibreOffice in some roles, and on my laptops.

For new large commissions, I use MS Word in outliner mode, because no
other modern or recent word processor has outline mode. So I use .DOC
format, not .DOCX, because I hate the ribbon interface and older
versions are faster and work better with WINE.

I also use spreadsheets for time-tracking.

For editing work, I often use Google Documents.

In my current role I write in DocBook XML, which is the _only_
plain-text searchable format from this lot.

Etc. etc. but all these are real examples from my own workflow, not
contrived made-up ones. Changing tools is not really an option as  I
do not choose all these formats; I work with what the external 3rd
parties demand.

All of this works fine on Linux and also transparently syncs to Windows and Mac.

But grep will not help you here.

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