WordPad is fine for _most_ things - if you want to tart it up save as a .DOC and then open in Word.
Much quicker than opening Word for every document - if you don't need all that pap. Most of my text document files (*.txt, *.fle, *.cmd) are associated with WordPad in Windows. If I want to use another program I can... Regards, Alastair. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Castanaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 7:56 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Off topic > >> OTTOMH, I can think of nothing in > Word that I can do with formatting or Font that isn't Patently visible to > the casual observer.<< > > Well, once you get trapped in some obscure table setup someone else has > done, you will appreciate where exactly the cursor is in WP. > > I agree, both programs now have so much bloat for the casual user, it is > mind boggling. I actually appreciate that MS put WordPad in Windows....for > my less PC literate clients and friends (many of whom are retired) this is > all they need or want. > > C'mon, Mike - you've got to remember that you are a VB guru, miles ahead of > many of us, and continents ahead of an average user. Some of us are just > simpletons wanting to put out a decent document as easy as possible without > a six month learning curve..... > > BC > > > > > > > "MikeB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 07/24/2003 02:03:57 PM > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (RBASE-L Mailing List) > cc: (bcc: Bob Castanaro/BCH) > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Off topic > > > > > The reason Reveal Codes were a necessity in WP was because when you > inserted them, IIRC, the only > clue that there was a code was block highlighting/underlining on the > affected text. In the instance > of FontSize, Reveal Codes was the ONLY way to determine this. > > In Word, these things are Visible to the naked eye, and there is no reason > to have a separate > screen environment to display the cryptic representation of them. OTTOMH, > I can think of nothing in > Word that I can do with formatting or Font that isn't Patently visible to > the casual observer. > > Remember, wherever your cursor is focusing in the document, the > appropriate toolbar control [if > currently displayed] shows the status of the format at that location, > notwithstanding the former, > that it is Visible. Did I say Visible. Yup. Visible. ;-) > > Bernie, I started with EasyWriter in 1983, then WordStar, then to > WP4-WP6.1, then Word97. I > actually could do pretty much everything I needed to do to write a letter > in EasyWriter, but > sometimes I need something more, and what suits me today is Word. It just > doesn't suit everyone > and that is great in my view. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bernie Corrigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 12:33 PM > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Off topic > > > > What in the heck are you talking about? TTBOMK THERE ARE NO REVEAL CODES > IN > > WORD that are the equivalent of what is available in WP. Through an > > extremely lengthy and tedious process you can look at what MicroBloat > > inserts in the huge doc files BUT YOU CAN'T MANIPULATE THOSE CODES OR > DELETE > > THEM. You can't even see them. You can guess as to where they are, then > > click on Help > WordPerfect Help > (Scroll down) Reveal. After all that > > Word will tell you what secret codes are right exactly where you have > > clicked on the document and nowhere else. You have to go hunting around > to > > find them. In WP you simply hit Alt-F3 and there they are. Right where > > they occur in the document. You can see all of them. ALL OF THEM. AT > THE > > SAME TIME. You can move them. You can delete them. > > > > Perhaps you can tell me how to do this in the same way in Word? I'd love > to > > know. > > > > > > At 11:04 AM 7/24/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > >"Reveal Codes". Check Words' Help>WordPerfect Help>Reveal Codes. You > will > > find there is no > > >difference between the two. Word just does it differently. I too was a > > "Wordperfect holdout" up > > >to ver 6.1, but when it came to using its macro language, I switched > > quickly to the friendly VBA > > >environment (current WP uses VBA, not the old macro lang). In Word, I > can > > launch a template > > >document that includes VBA Code that connects to my RBase database, > select > > one or a list of > > >recipients that the doc goes to and let'er rip. No Merge list, etc. I > > also was a DOS holdout, > > >dragged kicking and screaming to windows. I don't look back(although I > > frequently open a command > > >window for some things that I can still do handily from there, but that > is > > not typical of todays' > > >users). > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Eric Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 1:47 PM > > >Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Off topic > > > > > > > > >That's like say you prefer to break bread with your hands rather than > > >using a knife. > > > > > > > > >Eric Peterson > > >IT Manager > > >QMI Security Solutions > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Bernie Corrigan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 1:41 PM > > >To: RBASE-L Mailing List > > >Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Off topic > > > > > >>And WordPerfect still has "reveal codes", the best feature ever in a > > >word > > >>processor. Too bad Novell has no clue how to market itself..... > > > > > >WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS (circa 1990) is in many ways a better > > >wordprocessing > > >program than any version of M$ Word. > > > > > > > > > > >
