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How to get control of Word formatting
So Im sitting at my cute little Sony VAIO PCG-SRX77 with its 10€ screen and
scant 2.7 pounds, trying to fix my resume. (I know I put €˜resume in the auto-correct section; but it only wants to do so for €˜Résumé. Not for €˜resume. So I go there and try to enter €˜resume in the €œchange from€ field, but it keeps reverting to the capitalized form. How is one supposed to control things with MS Word when it has such a stupid mind of its own?) Anyway, back at the ranchhouse. Im trying to fix my Résumé and I need to type in the heading €˜EDUCATION at the start of a new page. But it keeps indenting the word. I try backspacing to get rid of it, and it goes directly to the last word on the previous page. I place my cursor there and hit €˜Ctrl-space to enter a hard page break, and, lo and behold, €˜EDUCATION shows up indented again. Where in the world is that indent coming from? So I start examining everything I can find that has to do with formatting. I go to Tools-Options-View and tell it to show all formatting marks. Many show up, but nothing to indicate why €˜EDUCATION insists on indenting. Likewise theres nothing under the Format menu option that suggests why Word is behaving the way it does. Now Im really upset, and thinking back to the good old days when I could use Word Perfect and just hit Shift-F4 and see every single formatting code, and then work directly with them to get the effect I wanted. And I have to wonder: Why cant Microsoft be bothered to provide this tool? Is Big Brother afraid to give up this power to us? Surely its nothing thats too hard for Bill and Buddies to do! If youre going to try to be THE wordprocessor for the world, surely you could be a little user-friendly. Ive read a few of the formatting discussions and they just confirm that this whole process is excessively complicated. Why cant there be a simple solution, Bill Gates? Several people have mentioned how easy they found it in Word Perfect. Why cant Word be easy? If you have to go to forums and try to find answers there, the program is broke! ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ord.pagelayout |
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On 7/21/05 2:03 PM, "Windowed" wrote:
Now I¹m really upset, and thinking back to the good old days when I could use Word Perfect and just hit Shift-F4 and see every single formatting code, and then work directly with them to get the effect I wanted. And I have to wonder: Why can¹t Microsoft be bothered to provide this tool? Is Big Brother afraid to give up this power to us? Surely it¹s nothing that¹s too hard for Bill and Buddies to do! If you¹re going to try to be THE wordprocessor for the world, surely you could be a little user-friendly. It's not that MS can't be bothered to provide this tool, exactly--it's that Word is designed in an entirely different way than WordPerfect, and the Reveal Codes tool cannot exist. You may find these articles enlightening: How Word differs from WordPerfect http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ordPerfect.htm Some Tips and "Gotchas" for those who are new to Word Especially if migrating from WordPerfect http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...AndGotchas.htm Is There Life After "Reveal Codes"? http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm WordPerfect to Word converters (and why none of them are perfect) http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...Converters.htm |
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For problem #1, delete the AutoCorrect entry entirely. Then add a new one to
change [something] to résumé. I would suggest that you *not* use "resume," which is a correct word that you might someday want to use. For purposes of illustration, let's say you use "rsm." When you type "rsm," you'll get résumé; when you type "Rsm," you'll get "Résumé"; and if you type RSM, you'll get RÉSUMÉ. For problem #2, there are two likely possibilities. One is that the heading EDUCATION is formatted with a style that has a left or first-line indent. You should be able to see this from the ruler. The other possibility is explained at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...lyIndented.htm As for the rest...what Daiya said. -- 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. "Windowed" wrote in message ... So Im sitting at my cute little Sony VAIO PCG-SRX77 with its 10€ screen and scant 2.7 pounds, trying to fix my resume. (I know I put €˜resume in the auto-correct section; but it only wants to do so for €˜Résumé. Not for €˜resume. So I go there and try to enter €˜resume in the €œchange from€ field, but it keeps reverting to the capitalized form. How is one supposed to control things with MS Word when it has such a stupid mind of its own?) Anyway, back at the ranchhouse. Im trying to fix my Résumé and I need to type in the heading €˜EDUCATION at the start of a new page. But it keeps indenting the word. I try backspacing to get rid of it, and it goes directly to the last word on the previous page. I place my cursor there and hit €˜Ctrl-space to enter a hard page break, and, lo and behold, €˜EDUCATION shows up indented again. Where in the world is that indent coming from? So I start examining everything I can find that has to do with formatting. I go to Tools-Options-View and tell it to show all formatting marks. Many show up, but nothing to indicate why €˜EDUCATION insists on indenting. Likewise theres nothing under the Format menu option that suggests why Word is behaving the way it does. Now Im really upset, and thinking back to the good old days when I could use Word Perfect and just hit Shift-F4 and see every single formatting code, and then work directly with them to get the effect I wanted. And I have to wonder: Why cant Microsoft be bothered to provide this tool? Is Big Brother afraid to give up this power to us? Surely its nothing thats too hard for Bill and Buddies to do! If youre going to try to be THE wordprocessor for the world, surely you could be a little user-friendly. Ive read a few of the formatting discussions and they just confirm that this whole process is excessively complicated. Why cant there be a simple solution, Bill Gates? Several people have mentioned how easy they found it in Word Perfect. Why cant Word be easy? If you have to go to forums and try to find answers there, the program is broke! ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ord.pagelayout |
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Good info. Thanks to both of you. Both for the specifics and for the general
info re the nature of Word, which I hadn't seen before. It still seems like getting control of these styles is an excessive learning curve--and the posts in this area seem to confirm that. Ten years ago, word processing was a lot easier than it is now. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: For problem #1, delete the AutoCorrect entry entirely. Then add a new one to change [something] to résumé. I would suggest that you *not* use "resume," which is a correct word that you might someday want to use. For purposes of illustration, let's say you use "rsm." When you type "rsm," you'll get résumé; when you type "Rsm," you'll get "Résumé"; and if you type RSM, you'll get RÉSUMÉ. For problem #2, there are two likely possibilities. One is that the heading EDUCATION is formatted with a style that has a left or first-line indent. You should be able to see this from the ruler. The other possibility is explained at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...lyIndented.htm As for the rest...what Daiya said. -- 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. "Windowed" wrote in message ... So Im sitting at my cute little Sony VAIO PCG-SRX77 with its 10€ screen and scant 2.7 pounds, trying to fix my resume. (I know I put €˜resume in the auto-correct section; but it only wants to do so for €˜Résumé. Not for €˜resume. So I go there and try to enter €˜resume in the €œchange from€ field, but it keeps reverting to the capitalized form. How is one supposed to control things with MS Word when it has such a stupid mind of its own?) Anyway, back at the ranchhouse. Im trying to fix my Résumé and I need to type in the heading €˜EDUCATION at the start of a new page. But it keeps indenting the word. I try backspacing to get rid of it, and it goes directly to the last word on the previous page. I place my cursor there and hit €˜Ctrl-space to enter a hard page break, and, lo and behold, €˜EDUCATION shows up indented again. Where in the world is that indent coming from? So I start examining everything I can find that has to do with formatting. I go to Tools-Options-View and tell it to show all formatting marks. Many show up, but nothing to indicate why €˜EDUCATION insists on indenting. Likewise theres nothing under the Format menu option that suggests why Word is behaving the way it does. Now Im really upset, and thinking back to the good old days when I could use Word Perfect and just hit Shift-F4 and see every single formatting code, and then work directly with them to get the effect I wanted. And I have to wonder: Why cant Microsoft be bothered to provide this tool? Is Big Brother afraid to give up this power to us? Surely its nothing thats too hard for Bill and Buddies to do! If youre going to try to be THE wordprocessor for the world, surely you could be a little user-friendly. Ive read a few of the formatting discussions and they just confirm that this whole process is excessively complicated. Why cant there be a simple solution, Bill Gates? Several people have mentioned how easy they found it in Word Perfect. Why cant Word be easy? If you have to go to forums and try to find answers there, the program is broke! ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ord.pagelayout |
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