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Formatting a manual. In the paragraph title I want the Article number flush
right and the name of the Article flush left on the same line. How do I do
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Create a Right Align Tab at the right margin. Type your article number on
the left (if you are manually numbering the articles), then hit Tab and type
your title

"Elin" wrote:

Formatting a manual. In the paragraph title I want the Article number flush
right and the name of the Article flush left on the same line. How do I do
that?

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The instructions for creating a right align tab are to insert a symbol.
There are loads of symbols but no discription of what they are. What is a
Right Alight Tab symbol? Now you can tell how new I am to Word. This is
really easy in Word Perfect - alt F7
thanks for your help

"Deborah" wrote:

Create a Right Align Tab at the right margin. Type your article number on
the left (if you are manually numbering the articles), then hit Tab and type
your title

"Elin" wrote:

Formatting a manual. In the paragraph title I want the Article number flush
right and the name of the Article flush left on the same line. How do I do
that?

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I know the transition from Word Perfect to Word is a hair-pulling experience.
I'll see if I can help soften the blow.

Assuming your have 1" margins all the way around, do the following:

Click on Format
Click on Tabs
Under Tab stop position type in 6"
Under Alignment click the Right button
Click on Set
Click on OK




"Elin" wrote:

The instructions for creating a right align tab are to insert a symbol.
There are loads of symbols but no discription of what they are. What is a
Right Alight Tab symbol? Now you can tell how new I am to Word. This is
really easy in Word Perfect - alt F7
thanks for your help

"Deborah" wrote:

Create a Right Align Tab at the right margin. Type your article number on
the left (if you are manually numbering the articles), then hit Tab and type
your title

"Elin" wrote:

Formatting a manual. In the paragraph title I want the Article number flush
right and the name of the Article flush left on the same line. How do I do
that?

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Charles Kenyon
 
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Deborah has already given you the immediate answer. Here is some general
info on moving from Word Perfect to Word:

Word and Word Perfect work very differently from one another. Each program's
methods have strengths and weaknesses; but, if you try to use one of these
programs as if it were the other, it is like pushing on a string! You can
easily make a lot of extra work for yourself. If you are unwilling to take
the time to learn to use Word's methods, you should stick to using Word Pad.
You'll have a lot less grief, although you'll miss out on a lot of raw
power.

See http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordperfect.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ordPerfect.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...AndGotchas.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...Converters.htm
http://businesssoft.about.com/comput.../blconvert.htm
for information on Word for Word Perfect users.

For mo
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Number...gExplained.htm
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...latesStore.htm


Function Keys

In Word 2000 (or later) You can get the function keys to display in a
special toolbar at the bottom of the screen if you want (something like
pressing F3 twice in WP). The following macro will do this.
Sub ShowMeFunctionKeys()
Commandbars("Function Key Display").Visible = True
End Sub

Word's Extend key (F8) gives something similar to block processing.


Formatting and Styles

Learn about Styles - really learn!
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm I resisted for years and now
regret every day of those years because although that string was still very
hard to push, it kept getting longer and longer, and had some very important
projects tied to it! Once you understand styles and the Word concept of
organizing things into Chinese boxes everything falls into place and instead
of pushing a string, you can push a button that turns on the very powerful
text processing machine known as Microsoft Word and it will start doing your
work for you instead of running around behind you trying to undo what you
just thought you did.


Converting documents Word / Word Perfect

Some special characters in Word Perfect documents don't convert well to
Word. There is a macro to assist with this described at
http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/...html#macroword and can be found
at http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/WPSymbolConv.bas.
This was prepared by Edward Mendelson.
Otherwise, look at the macro from http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=212396
Use these on _copies_!

As for converting documents from Word Perfect to _use_ in Word... In a word,
don't plan on it. I would not recommend using converted documents long-term.
They will be filled with formatting anomolies that will get you at the worst
time. This is especially true of any documents containing automatic
numbering or bullets. Try recreating form documents in Word using the
following process:
In Word Perfect (if you still have it, in Word if not) save your files as
text files.
Use your converted files as references to show you how you want your
formatting to look.
Create a new document in Word and insert the text from the text file. Save
this new document as a Word template. Format it the way you want using
styles, not direct formatting. Save it again.
To use a template within Word, use File = New and pick your template. This
will create a new document for you.

Merge documents have special problems and should be recreated from text
files or retyped in Word. To convert data files, consider generating labels
in WP as a document, converting that to Word, and then using
http://www.gmayor.com/convert_labels...mail_merge.htm to get a new Word
data file.

Note that conversions usually do create documents that look passable and
print OK; the problems I'm referring to have to do with editing / making
changes, that is, using the documents long-term. (See below on reusing
documents vs. using templates.)

Conversion back to Word Perfect: There is a problem (in addition to the ones
mentioned for conversion _to_ Word) with Version 2002 (XP) and later of
Word. The conversion file only works for conversion _to_ Word, not from Word
to Word Perfect! Earlier versions went both ways. To fix this, you need to
find the old conversion file WPFT532.CNV from a Word 97 or Word 2000
installation and copy it to your new installation, replacing the file of the
same name. Note, the change making the file one-way was done as a security
measure. While I don't know of any problems the old file causes, keep the
new installation's file somewhere as a backup just in case.


Boilerplate and Forms

In WP a lot of people use macros to hold chunks of text - boilerplate. In
Word this function is filled by Templates, AutoText and AutoCorrect, not
macros. Follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebre...s.htm#AutoText for more
information on these tools.

You can use FILLIN and ASK fields or UserForms to query the user. For some
form documents, Word's "online forms" work very well. For more about online
forms, follow the links at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles.


Reusing Documents vs. Using templates

General practice in WP is to have a document and copy and edit it to create
a new document. This is not good practice in Word. In Word, construct a
good, tight, template for your documents and use that template when
constructing new documents. Among other things, this can avoid embarrassing
"metadata" (http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/metadata.htm) and things
like surprise headers and footers from creeping into new documents.

It's a lot of reading, I know. It's OK to chunk it down and do a bit each
day, but I would recommend that you make it a top priority to do that bit
each day. In the (short) long run, it will save you both time and grief.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"Elin" wrote in message
...
The instructions for creating a right align tab are to insert a symbol.
There are loads of symbols but no discription of what they are. What is a
Right Alight Tab symbol? Now you can tell how new I am to Word. This is
really easy in Word Perfect - alt F7
thanks for your help

"Deborah" wrote:

Create a Right Align Tab at the right margin. Type your article number
on
the left (if you are manually numbering the articles), then hit Tab and
type
your title

"Elin" wrote:

Formatting a manual. In the paragraph title I want the Article number
flush
right and the name of the Article flush left on the same line. How do
I do
that?





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Deb

Also see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/SettingTabs.htm

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"Deborah" wrote in message
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: Create a Right Align Tab at the right margin. Type your article number on
: the left (if you are manually numbering the articles), then hit Tab and
type
: your title
:
: "Elin" wrote:
:
: Formatting a manual. In the paragraph title I want the Article number
flush
: right and the name of the Article flush left on the same line. How do I
do
: that?


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Thank you. These links appear to be very helpful. I've put them in my
favorites folder and will go back and read them.

You may want to know that I could not access any of the www.addbalance.com
pages. The either came up Page cannot be displayed or cannot find server.

Ellin
"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
message ...
Deborah has already given you the immediate answer. Here is some general
info on moving from Word Perfect to Word:

Word and Word Perfect work very differently from one another. Each
program's methods have strengths and weaknesses; but, if you try to use
one of these programs as if it were the other, it is like pushing on a
string! You can easily make a lot of extra work for yourself. If you are
unwilling to take the time to learn to use Word's methods, you should
stick to using Word Pad. You'll have a lot less grief, although you'll
miss out on a lot of raw power.

See http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordperfect.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ordPerfect.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...AndGotchas.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...Converters.htm
http://businesssoft.about.com/comput.../blconvert.htm
for information on Word for Word Perfect users.

For mo
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Number...gExplained.htm
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...latesStore.htm


Function Keys

In Word 2000 (or later) You can get the function keys to display in a
special toolbar at the bottom of the screen if you want (something like
pressing F3 twice in WP). The following macro will do this.
Sub ShowMeFunctionKeys()
Commandbars("Function Key Display").Visible = True
End Sub

Word's Extend key (F8) gives something similar to block processing.


Formatting and Styles

Learn about Styles - really learn!
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm I resisted for years and
now regret every day of those years because although that string was still
very hard to push, it kept getting longer and longer, and had some very
important projects tied to it! Once you understand styles and the Word
concept of organizing things into Chinese boxes everything falls into
place and instead of pushing a string, you can push a button that turns on
the very powerful text processing machine known as Microsoft Word and it
will start doing your work for you instead of running around behind you
trying to undo what you just thought you did.


Converting documents Word / Word Perfect

Some special characters in Word Perfect documents don't convert well to
Word. There is a macro to assist with this described at
http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/...html#macroword and can be
found at http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/WPSymbolConv.bas.
This was prepared by Edward Mendelson.
Otherwise, look at the macro from
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=212396
Use these on _copies_!

As for converting documents from Word Perfect to _use_ in Word... In a
word, don't plan on it. I would not recommend using converted documents
long-term. They will be filled with formatting anomolies that will get you
at the worst time. This is especially true of any documents containing
automatic numbering or bullets. Try recreating form documents in Word
using the following process:
In Word Perfect (if you still have it, in Word if not) save your files as
text files.
Use your converted files as references to show you how you want your
formatting to look.
Create a new document in Word and insert the text from the text file. Save
this new document as a Word template. Format it the way you want using
styles, not direct formatting. Save it again.
To use a template within Word, use File = New and pick your template.
This will create a new document for you.

Merge documents have special problems and should be recreated from text
files or retyped in Word. To convert data files, consider generating
labels in WP as a document, converting that to Word, and then using
http://www.gmayor.com/convert_labels...mail_merge.htm to get a new Word
data file.

Note that conversions usually do create documents that look passable and
print OK; the problems I'm referring to have to do with editing / making
changes, that is, using the documents long-term. (See below on reusing
documents vs. using templates.)

Conversion back to Word Perfect: There is a problem (in addition to the
ones mentioned for conversion _to_ Word) with Version 2002 (XP) and later
of Word. The conversion file only works for conversion _to_ Word, not from
Word to Word Perfect! Earlier versions went both ways. To fix this, you
need to find the old conversion file WPFT532.CNV from a Word 97 or Word
2000 installation and copy it to your new installation, replacing the file
of the same name. Note, the change making the file one-way was done as a
security measure. While I don't know of any problems the old file causes,
keep the new installation's file somewhere as a backup just in case.


Boilerplate and Forms

In WP a lot of people use macros to hold chunks of text - boilerplate. In
Word this function is filled by Templates, AutoText and AutoCorrect, not
macros. Follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebre...s.htm#AutoText for more
information on these tools.

You can use FILLIN and ASK fields or UserForms to query the user. For some
form documents, Word's "online forms" work very well. For more about
online forms, follow the links at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially
Dian Chapman's series of articles.


Reusing Documents vs. Using templates

General practice in WP is to have a document and copy and edit it to
create a new document. This is not good practice in Word. In Word,
construct a good, tight, template for your documents and use that template
when constructing new documents. Among other things, this can avoid
embarrassing "metadata"
(http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/metadata.htm) and things like
surprise headers and footers from creeping into new documents.

It's a lot of reading, I know. It's OK to chunk it down and do a bit each
day, but I would recommend that you make it a top priority to do that bit
each day. In the (short) long run, it will save you both time and grief.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"Elin" wrote in message
...
The instructions for creating a right align tab are to insert a symbol.
There are loads of symbols but no discription of what they are. What is
a
Right Alight Tab symbol? Now you can tell how new I am to Word. This is
really easy in Word Perfect - alt F7
thanks for your help

"Deborah" wrote:

Create a Right Align Tab at the right margin. Type your article number
on
the left (if you are manually numbering the articles), then hit Tab and
type
your title

"Elin" wrote:

Formatting a manual. In the paragraph title I want the Article number
flush
right and the name of the Article flush left on the same line. How do
I do
that?





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Ok, that worked. One problem solved seems to create another. I got the
left and right alignment I was wanting, however, when I tried to type the
paragraph beneath it I could not get the regular tab to work. Do I
constantly need to change the tab settings all the time?

Ellin


"Deborah" wrote in message
...
I know the transition from Word Perfect to Word is a hair-pulling
experience.
I'll see if I can help soften the blow.

Assuming your have 1" margins all the way around, do the following:

Click on Format
Click on Tabs
Under Tab stop position type in 6"
Under Alignment click the Right button
Click on Set
Click on OK




"Elin" wrote:

The instructions for creating a right align tab are to insert a symbol.
There are loads of symbols but no discription of what they are. What is
a
Right Alight Tab symbol? Now you can tell how new I am to Word. This is
really easy in Word Perfect - alt F7
thanks for your help

"Deborah" wrote:

Create a Right Align Tab at the right margin. Type your article number
on
the left (if you are manually numbering the articles), then hit Tab and
type
your title

"Elin" wrote:

Formatting a manual. In the paragraph title I want the Article
number flush
right and the name of the Article flush left on the same line. How
do I do
that?



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Tab settings are determined by the paragraph style or paragraph formatting.
See the link on styles.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"Willa" wrote in message
...
Ok, that worked. One problem solved seems to create another. I got the
left and right alignment I was wanting, however, when I tried to type the
paragraph beneath it I could not get the regular tab to work. Do I
constantly need to change the tab settings all the time?

Ellin


"Deborah" wrote in message
...
I know the transition from Word Perfect to Word is a hair-pulling
experience.
I'll see if I can help soften the blow.

Assuming your have 1" margins all the way around, do the following:

Click on Format
Click on Tabs
Under Tab stop position type in 6"
Under Alignment click the Right button
Click on Set
Click on OK




"Elin" wrote:

The instructions for creating a right align tab are to insert a symbol.
There are loads of symbols but no discription of what they are. What is
a
Right Alight Tab symbol? Now you can tell how new I am to Word. This
is
really easy in Word Perfect - alt F7
thanks for your help

"Deborah" wrote:

Create a Right Align Tab at the right margin. Type your article
number on
the left (if you are manually numbering the articles), then hit Tab
and type
your title

"Elin" wrote:

Formatting a manual. In the paragraph title I want the Article
number flush
right and the name of the Article flush left on the same line. How
do I do
that?





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Thank you, this is most helpful.

Elin & Willa
"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
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Tab settings are determined by the paragraph style or paragraph
formatting. See the link on styles.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"Willa" wrote in message
...
Ok, that worked. One problem solved seems to create another. I got the
left and right alignment I was wanting, however, when I tried to type the
paragraph beneath it I could not get the regular tab to work. Do I
constantly need to change the tab settings all the time?

Ellin


"Deborah" wrote in message
...
I know the transition from Word Perfect to Word is a hair-pulling
experience.
I'll see if I can help soften the blow.

Assuming your have 1" margins all the way around, do the following:

Click on Format
Click on Tabs
Under Tab stop position type in 6"
Under Alignment click the Right button
Click on Set
Click on OK




"Elin" wrote:

The instructions for creating a right align tab are to insert a symbol.
There are loads of symbols but no discription of what they are. What
is a
Right Alight Tab symbol? Now you can tell how new I am to Word. This
is
really easy in Word Perfect - alt F7
thanks for your help

"Deborah" wrote:

Create a Right Align Tab at the right margin. Type your article
number on
the left (if you are manually numbering the articles), then hit Tab
and type
your title

"Elin" wrote:

Formatting a manual. In the paragraph title I want the Article
number flush
right and the name of the Article flush left on the same line. How
do I do
that?







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