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1st word in heading flush left second word flush right
Formatting a manual. In the paragraph title I want the Article number flush
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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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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 ... : 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 message ... 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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