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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Ok, I still don't think displaying the document would be any different regardless of what format it is stored in. I think a complex doc in .html that can be displayed would also be displayable from a .doc file. It really is about the complexity of the layout not the container of the data and markup that is important.
BOb
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Well, for processing it is both. Look at the format for ODT and DOCX in the wiki. They require opening a zip file and parsing a verbose description (ODT is worse) of the data that includes all sorts of extra data to keep track of. In addition there are multiple files that must be opened and used to keep track of information. As compared to MOBI which uses a optimized format that streamlines the display of data for less powerful devices. Even the compression technology is designed for rapid reading on small devices.
Dale