Re: Macs and PCs; WP vs. MS-Word Mike Varney [List Owner] 16 May 2000 11:28 EST

Mary Ann -

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-- Mike

Mary Ann Holmquist <xxxxxx@SUMMON.SYR.EDU> on 05/09/2000 09:54:16 AM

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Subject:  Re: Macs and PCs;  WP vs. MS-Word

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"Wilma G. Ennenga" 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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