On 4/7/02 6:25 PM, "Ian Horner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sub-editors don't work with styles, Paul. They work in text-only. This is > because the styles must be set by the artist in Quark. There is no point > using any styles when generating copy for Quark. They will all be stripped > out prior to import. Yes, I see that I imagine that MS would probably take into account what would be most straightforward for people using Word as a standalone word processor. I.e. they would probably prefer not to displease people using Word and Entourage exactly as advised in the ReadMe and Help. Probably, with Office 2001, they were getting users saying "Well, I'm using Word exactly how MS recommends, and Entourage is part of the same Office suite - why doesn't it just work right Why should _I_ have to do the extra work when I'm using the apps in recommended fashion?" If I were MS, that would carry some weight with me. On the other hand, people in the publishing business who are using Word as a preparation for a non-MS product, like Quark, which is going to be setting styles, fonts, etc. might be expected to have to take an extra step for inter-application use, if their use differs from standalone use. That seems reasonable to me. I would say _especially_ experts in the publishing business - they surely have learned to do much more complicated things than this with text. If you're using Word as a plain text editor, because you have a more specialized app to come later, you're not exactly using it as it was designed. Of course, it will work as a simple text editor - but there are lots of those, and much cheaper too, around. I know a lot of people use BBEdit in conjunction with Quark. maybe that would suit you better than Word? > > That is why, for non-experts like me, this creates work and is a backwards > step. But they didn't design it for you specifically, did they? If there's a conflict between a specialized publishing expert porting documents to Quark and people using Word as a sophisticated word processor, or which purpose they paid a lot of money the manufacturer will naturally decide in favor of the latter. > Anyway, thanks for the work-around. That's a help! I'm glad. I find it pretty cool myself. -- Paul Berkowitz -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
