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Help in dumbing-down Word
Okay. I 'upgraded' to Office 2003 a while back, and generally am working
away contentedly. However, the attendant version of Word is too smart for me. I've unchecked all the pertinent boxes I can find, but am still fighting the application's overwhelming desire to auto-format things for me. Depending on what, where and when I drag or copy, it sometimes changes fonts back to the Normal style font, even thought the whole document is in something else, and does strange things with tabs... either automatically tabbing the first line for me (when I would rather do it myself, thanks!), or changing the tab-in measurement to something I haven't even set. Also, copying the paragraph mark from a desired paragraph into another doesn't always result in re-formatting the other one like the sample. Is there a tutorial on how to make this version of Word behave more like earlier ones, or how to learn to manage the new features? I know these features must be helpful to some, but they are driving me nuts! Many thanks. |
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On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 15:31:27 -0700, "Jim Wood"
wrote: Okay. I 'upgraded' to Office 2003 a while back, and generally am working away contentedly. However, the attendant version of Word is too smart for me. I've unchecked all the pertinent boxes I can find, but am still fighting the application's overwhelming desire to auto-format things for me. Depending on what, where and when I drag or copy, it sometimes changes fonts back to the Normal style font, even thought the whole document is in something else, and does strange things with tabs... either automatically tabbing the first line for me (when I would rather do it myself, thanks!), or changing the tab-in measurement to something I haven't even set. Also, copying the paragraph mark from a desired paragraph into another doesn't always result in re-formatting the other one like the sample. Is there a tutorial on how to make this version of Word behave more like earlier ones, or how to learn to manage the new features? I know these features must be helpful to some, but they are driving me nuts! Many thanks. Hi Jim, Start he http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...AutoFormat.htm Continue he http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...xtChanges.html http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...ionsWorks.html And finish up he http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/...ngWord2002.htm -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Thanks, Jay; I don't feel too bad, your citations hint that I'm not the only
one befuddled by all the improvements. Thank goodness for you, Suzanne and the others that continue to bail me out. If it weren't for you guys, I would have gone back to a lined yellow pad years ago. |
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In addition to the article Jay cited, you might want to look at
http://home.earthlink.net/~wordsinto...elyPilcrow.htm, which is the text (more or less) of a presentation I gave to a writers' workshop, emphasizing the basics for those who want to *get something done* in Word without unnecessary interference. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jim Wood" wrote in message ... Thanks, Jay; I don't feel too bad, your citations hint that I'm not the only one befuddled by all the improvements. Thank goodness for you, Suzanne and the others that continue to bail me out. If it weren't for you guys, I would have gone back to a lined yellow pad years ago. |
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