Re: Macs and PCs; WP vs. MS-Word Domenica G. Pappas 05 May 2000 23:31 EST

At 11:25 AM 05/04/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>The reveal codes feature exists solely in WordPerfect documents. In
>MS-Word, the closest approximation is the unfortunate paragraph format
>feature. When multiple authors have contributed to a Word document, the
>best (and only) way I know to clean up the document "perfectly" is to strip
>all commands by copying the document and then using the paste-special
>(unformatted text) command to paste the text into a new document. You can
>then reformat the document to the desired style. If you instead force the
>style onto various sections of the document, you may find yourself
>confronted with wildly different styles if you make any subsequent
>modifications to the paragraph/section.
>
>In a similar situation with a WordPerfect document, you can see the
>skeletal structure of the document with the reveal codes feature and delete
>the unwanted formatting commands.
>
>
>At 12:57 PM 5/4/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>>How do I find this similar feature that exists on MS-Word?  I do hope you
>>are referring to something other than the paragraph icon.  I've been
>>working with Word for years, but still miss "reveal codes" of WP and
>>haven't figured out how to look for that info.  Janet
>>
>>In asking
>> >around my area, I have sensed that the reason most who prefer WP do so
>> >because they like the patented "reveal codes" feature of that product.
>> >(MS-word does have a similar feature albeit perhaps not as comprehensive or
>> >well known.)
>> >Rusty Okoniewski
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