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Reveal Codes
Having used WordPerfect for many years, we are now beginning to use Word. In
WP, there was a feature that allowed you to see all formatting codes called Reveal Codes. Is there a similar feature in Word? Thanks. |
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In which version of Word?
For example: In Word 2002/2003 Format Reveal Formatting With fond memories of WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS, Daddy "DJT" wrote in message news Having used WordPerfect for many years, we are now beginning to use Word. In WP, there was a feature that allowed you to see all formatting codes called Reveal Codes. Is there a similar feature in Word? Thanks. |
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See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/RevealCodes.htm
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "DJT" wrote in message news Having used WordPerfect for many years, we are now beginning to use Word. In WP, there was a feature that allowed you to see all formatting codes called Reveal Codes. Is there a similar feature in Word? Thanks. |
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Suzanne,
Thanks for that link. I hadn't realised quite how fundamentally different Word is from WordPerfect. After many years with latter (I started with 5.0 for DOS) it's small wonder that I'm having trouble getting to grips with the former. Bert |
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Yes, I've used both, and both have their good and bad points.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Bert Coules" wrote in message o.uk... Suzanne, Thanks for that link. I hadn't realised quite how fundamentally different Word is from WordPerfect. After many years with latter (I started with 5.0 for DOS) it's small wonder that I'm having trouble getting to grips with the former. Bert |
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Suzanne S Barnhill wrote:
Yes, I've used both, and both have their good and bad points. That's a refreshing viewpoint. I've encountered Word users who loathe WP, and vice versa. I suppose it's merely because WP came first for me, but I can't deny that its sequential approach seems more logical. I've wondered about using WP myself, privately, then converting to Word for emailing files to people who have only that, but I'm concerned about compatibility and integrity. Maybe WP converted to PDF is the answer? But I've run into problems printing Word-PDF files - the recognised printable area seems to shrink, and the font size with it - so maybe WP docs would suffer the same effect. I must do some more experimenting. Bert |
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Your printable area shouldn't shrink when printing to PDF; if so, it should
be possible to redefine it in your PDF software. Word conversions from WP have never been perfect (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Wo...onverters.htm), and I have the sense that they are worse than they used to be, perhaps because WP has diverged even further from Word. I have always maintained that a preference for Word or WordPerfect depends on which you started with (your "cradle tongue," as it were), and yet I used WordStar, XyWrite, and (for quite a long time) WordPerfect before moving to Word, and I took to Word like a duck to water; it has always seemed more intuitive to me. Part of that, I'm sure, was that Word was the first Windows word processor I used, and the GUI made everything easier; WP was slow to move to a GUI and made a hash of it at first, so it lost the race by being slow off the starting blocks. It's a shame in some ways, as WP is still better adapted to some uses, especially in legal offices, but Word is the de facto standard, and even lawyers have to accept that all their clients will be using Word, so they have to as well. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Bert Coules" wrote in message o.uk... Suzanne S Barnhill wrote: Yes, I've used both, and both have their good and bad points. That's a refreshing viewpoint. I've encountered Word users who loathe WP, and vice versa. I suppose it's merely because WP came first for me, but I can't deny that its sequential approach seems more logical. I've wondered about using WP myself, privately, then converting to Word for emailing files to people who have only that, but I'm concerned about compatibility and integrity. Maybe WP converted to PDF is the answer? But I've run into problems printing Word-PDF files - the recognised printable area seems to shrink, and the font size with it - so maybe WP docs would suffer the same effect. I must do some more experimenting. Bert |
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