Alan Horkan wrote:
*** I am going to respond out of order as some comments are much more important to respond to than others. ***
I'm sorry that this message is so very long. It took ages to write and even longer to try and cut it back a bit.
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I haven't forgotten this thread, by the way...
[1] I try to always use the full term "Adobe Illustrator" TM (or AI) but never "Illustrator" due to past ridiculous claims of ownership of the word illustrator.
[2] Please please please if the word Inkscape is too long for you to type perhaps try shorting it to something a bit more meaningful like Ink.
If IS doesn't work for you (although I don't know why not, for informal speech) then I'll try to remember to do a search/replace before I send.
-Kevin Wixson