Re: Formatting code in word

2022-05-25 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
A better bet is LibreOffice as cheap jacks like me can see no obvious reason for paying for something when a functional equivalent exists for free. On Wed, 25 May 2022, 20:53 Hakan--- via use-livecode, < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Yes, you need to use something to create the PDF firs

Re: Formatting code in word

2022-05-25 Thread Hakan--- via use-livecode
Yes, you need to use something to create the PDF first of course. And here Word might be a good candidate. Especially if you are to write a lot of explaining text and then paste some code. I think I still would go for an automated setup and write the explanations in the code. Then you could aut

Re: Formatting code in word

2022-05-24 Thread Mark Smith via use-livecode
Thanks, I wasn’t aware that could be applied to just a specific format… I had always thought of it as document wide. Mind you, I don’t take advantage of 90% of the features in Word either. PDF sounds like a good option for distribution but don’t you still need to create the file in something els

Re: Formatting code in word

2022-05-24 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
One word solution: Don't. (Actually two words it's a contraction. Word's grammar checker would probably have corrected that.) Bob S > On May 24, 2022, at 04:00 , Mark Smith via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hello list, > > Do you use anything to make code look more readable when inserted into a

Re: Formatting code in word

2022-05-24 Thread Håkan Liljegren via use-livecode
Probably not what you want to hear, but I never distribute documents in Word as I then have no control on the formatting. The receiver might not have the same font installed and then the text might reflow and all kinds of bad things might happen! :) I always use PDF for distrution. BUT, if you

Formatting code in word

2022-05-24 Thread Mark Smith via use-livecode
Hello list, Do you use anything to make code look more readable when inserted into a Word document? I ask because all those squiggly red underlines (spellcheck marks) makes it pretty unattractive, although they can be turned off. However, when distributing a document to others they may not know