Anthony - I'm with you. The whole "styles" approach is ridiculous.
I still have a great fondness for Word Perfect. The "Reveal Codes" function gave me total control. Even more so than Micro$loth Word. Sadly, for all practical purposes, Word Perfect is functionally dead. OO is a poor second, IMHO. On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 5:26 PM, Anthony J. Rudgers <anthonyrudg...@att.net> wrote: > What do you do if most every document you create with your word processor > (WP) is in a different "style," & you don't know its "style" until you > finish creating it? For my personal use, I create a lot of specialized > lists & inventories w/ my WP, in addition to creating documents & written > articles in many & varied formats. To address the responder of my initial > posting, let me say: I've invested a lot of time in trying to become > proficient in Writer "styles" w/o much success. Also, I bought every > reference I could find on 'Writer,' but still couldn't get that Writer WP > to produce the documents I needed in the format I wanted. What is more, > when I was required to re-edit a Writer document at a later time, I found > the re-editing often undid all the formatting I thought I had built into > the Writer document. I don't mind investing in computer programming > technology that serves my needs. (For a "selfie" "aside," I started in > the computer business in 1961, & was, at various times, fluent in 7 ea. > different computer languages. So I know what it means to "invest" one's > time & effort to acquire proficiency w/ a particular software product.) I > decided w/ Writer that I wasn't making progress getting my work done. > Therefore, I decided to invest my time & energy elsewhere. In consistency > w/ my previous experience, I chose to invest my time & energy in the > so-called "tried & true"--in this case MS Word. My priority has always > been on getting my work done efficiently, & not on learning to become > proficient w/ any particular software product. > > Best wishes, > > Anthony J. Rudgers > Orlando, FL > Posted: June 25, 2015; 8:25 pm > > -----Original Message----- From: Dale Erwin > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 2:10 AM > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > Cc: Anthony Rudgers > Subject: Re: warning - Editor Wars!!!--how about some heresy on behalf of > the "Joe 6-Pack" word processor user > > On 6/23/2015 10:53 PM, Anthony J. Rudgers wrote: > >> As to word processors suitable for the general user, my vote is for >> Microsoft Word. While, like most everyone on our Planet, I'd like the >> proverbial "free lunch," I don't expect to get one. However, I found I can >> get MS Word to give me the text I want to type almost always. But when I >> use Writer, I keep getting something I have to constantly diddle with to >> get it to appear in the form I want. And, if I want something fancier than >> simple text, I can get that too with MS Word. I'd like Writer fine if only >> I could sit down at my computer & prepare a document using it without >> constantly undoing all the things built into Writer that I've never figured >> out how to turn off or to modify. Of course I had to pay a somewhat steep >> price to get a WP that served my needs, but my time is valuable to me too, >> so the ease of use & the reliability of MS Word seems well worth the cost >> in the long run. >> > > I think if you would take the time to learn how to use styles you would > find that Writer can be just as versatile as Word, if not moreso. I > struggled against it for a long time before I finally broke down and > made the time to learn how to use them. > > Dale Erwin > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > >
