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Why does Word even have direct formatting? Does it have any use?

Try to imagine Word totally without direct formatting:

For us long-documentees, and for many corporate identity departments,
this would be a blessing!

But for the everyday user, and for many one-off documents gladly so,
this would be overkill. IOW and IMHO: The product would not have sold
without it.

2cents
Robert
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