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Reveal Codes
Does Word Perfect, which I guess would now be Novell, own a patent on
"Reveal Codes"? I've been waiting years and years for Microsoft to implement such a feature into Word and have yet to see it. Thank you, -- Sean |
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I am only familiar with Word 2003. Is "Reveal Codes" the same as or similar
to "Reveal Formatting" in Word 2003? gap "Fao, Sean" wrote: Does Word Perfect, which I guess would now be Novell, own a patent on "Reveal Codes"? I've been waiting years and years for Microsoft to implement such a feature into Word and have yet to see it. Thank you, -- Sean |
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gap wrote:
"Fao, Sean" wrote: Does Word Perfect, which I guess would now be Novell, own a patent on "Reveal Codes"? I've been waiting years and years for Microsoft to implement such a feature into Word and have yet to see it. I am only familiar with Word 2003. Is "Reveal Codes" the same as or similar to "Reveal Formatting" in Word 2003? Unfortunately, no; it's not the same. Reveal codes was a lot like "View Source" on an HTML document in that you could see "tags" (not sure if that's what Word Perfect called it) which "turned on or off" a particular style. It would be a great way to correct the styles when Word tries to be smarter than you. -- Sean |
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I use Word 2003 and so am only familiar with it. Is "Reveal Codes" the same
as or similiar to "Reveal Formatting" in Word 2003? gap "Fao, Sean" wrote: Does Word Perfect, which I guess would now be Novell, own a patent on "Reveal Codes"? I've been waiting years and years for Microsoft to implement such a feature into Word and have yet to see it. Thank you, -- Sean |
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You'll never see this feature in Word because Word and WordPerfect have a
very different object model. For more on this, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WordVsWordPerfect.htm. For Word's best approximation to Reveal Codes, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm -- 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. "Fao, Sean" -WANT-NO-SPAM wrote in message ... Does Word Perfect, which I guess would now be Novell, own a patent on "Reveal Codes"? I've been waiting years and years for Microsoft to implement such a feature into Word and have yet to see it. Thank you, -- Sean |
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Hi Sean
I know exactly what you mean I've been using MS Word and Corel WordPerfect for the past 10 12 years and reveal codes is a god send. There is a 3rd party piece of software that will add the reveal codes functionality to MS Word and it rocks, simply do a Google search for CrossEyes. Hope this helps Al "Fao, Sean" wrote: Does Word Perfect, which I guess would now be Novell, own a patent on "Reveal Codes"? I've been waiting years and years for Microsoft to implement such a feature into Word and have yet to see it. Thank you, -- Sean |
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You'll have a longer wait because Word doesn't use codes. It formats using
styles. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Fao, Sean wrote: Does Word Perfect, which I guess would now be Novell, own a patent on "Reveal Codes"? I've been waiting years and years for Microsoft to implement such a feature into Word and have yet to see it. Thank you, |
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Graham Mayor wrote:
You'll have a longer wait because Word doesn't use codes. It formats using styles. I was under the impression that Microsoft was going to integrate XML into the entire Office suite, which could have made it possible for a feature such as Reveal Codes. Maybe XML was implemented, but did little, if anything, to improve upon formatting versatility. -- Sean |
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Hi Guys
Just to clarify WordPerfect also uses styles as well as code, have a look at the below link it might help: http://www.levitjames.com/crosseyes/CrossEyes.html Al "Graham Mayor" wrote: You'll have a longer wait because Word doesn't use codes. It formats using styles. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Fao, Sean wrote: Does Word Perfect, which I guess would now be Novell, own a patent on "Reveal Codes"? I've been waiting years and years for Microsoft to implement such a feature into Word and have yet to see it. Thank you, |
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For the original poster, see also these links for greater understanding of
why Word doesn't have Reveal Codes and the Word-equivalents. 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 DM On 1/31/05 6:59 AM, "Al" wrote: Hi Guys Just to clarify WordPerfect also uses styles as well as code, have a look at the below link it might help: http://www.levitjames.com/crosseyes/CrossEyes.html Al "Graham Mayor" wrote: You'll have a longer wait because Word doesn't use codes. It formats using styles. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Fao, Sean wrote: Does Word Perfect, which I guess would now be Novell, own a patent on "Reveal Codes"? I've been waiting years and years for Microsoft to implement such a feature into Word and have yet to see it. Thank you, |
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