On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 08:27:19 -0800 (PST) Eric Fenster <eric...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Styles doesn't begin to do what Reveal Codes does. > > Just simple things like when Bold or Italics stop and start, where languages > change, etc. It's far easier to SEE a code, delete where necessary or place a > cursor. Bold and Italics should best be applied as Character Styles (strong emphasis and emphasis, respectively); Foreign language insrtions could be character style Quoation. As OpenOffice is a WYSIWYG editor, they show up on screen where they start and stop. On the en-Forum there is a useful listing of the predefined styles http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=48530 > > Reveal codes seems to be the major feature that keeps people using Word > Perfect. here's got to be a reason. Why Word never did this, I don't know, > but Open Office should. This seems to me to be dinosaur mentality. I once wrote a macro processor to strip formatting codes from Wordstar and print a book to an unsupported output device. I haven't had to do that since 1988, thanks to WYSIWYG. > > --- On Sun, 1/20/13, Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> wrote: > > > From: Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> > > Subject: Re: reveal codes > > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > > Cc: "Eric Fenster" <eric...@yahoo.com> > > Date: Sunday, January 20, 2013, 6:06 AM > > On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 07:42:46 -0800 > > (PST) > > Eric Fenster <eric...@yahoo.com> > > wrote: > > > > > What chance Open Office will offer "reveal codes" à la > > Word Perfect? > > > > > > This is the reason I keep my old Word Perfect program, > > as crash-prone as it is. The feature really helps control > > formatting. > > > > > Consistent use of styles should obviate the need for > > this. Also useful is /View /Nonprinting characters, to > > reveal spaces, tabs and line or paragraph breaks. > > -- > > Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
