Dan writes, <Do you get fancy formatting that text, at all? If not, you might want to try a traditional/programmer's text editor, such as BBEdit Lite or Alpha. They're much faster, especially on older/slower Macs. Kindof like SimpleText on steroids.>
Well, there are certain things I do, insist on doing, and would be miserable if I couldn't do, formatting-wise, although I doubt you'd call them fancy. I use smart quotes, I indent paragraphs (depending what it is, either just indenting the first line, or "block indenting" an entire paragraph), sometimes I italicize and/or bold things, and change the font size. Occasionally I center text and justify the margins as well, and though it's infrequent, there are times I use TWO fonts in a document instead of just one -- but all of this is pretty basic. I used to do a little more (when I wrote letters as snail mail), such as make my own stationery by having template documents with clip art I selected and laid out, but those days are in the past. Never heard of Alpha, but I do have BBEdit Lite (on the G3 though, not the Powerbook). I've had it awhile, and I use it on the rare occasion I have a file which won't open any other way. (It all started when I couldn't open a chat log under either SimpleText or ClarisWorks 4 that I was using at the time...someone suggested BBEdit, and that opened it right up.) Anyway, having just gone through my "new and improved" Powerbook, I'm very pleased at the moment. OS 8.6 doesn't seem to make any speed difference from 8.5 like the G3 did when I kicked that up to 9.2.2 from 9.1 nor does it do anything else I find noticeable), but much to my immense relief, nothing got lost or ruined in the upgrade, and since AW 6 runs on the Powerbook now, I've achieved my goal of being able to simply transfer WP files between the G3 and the Powerbook without having to do that extra saving maneuver. ~Yersinia. ________ "I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap." --Spanish Proverb -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
