On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 15:48:40 -0400 Stephen Nichols <step...@nichols-family.us> wrote:
> I used WordPerfect for 15 years because of two reasons, besides that it’s a > great product. > 1) I hate Microsoft. > 2) I absolutely LOVE the “reveal codes” function of WP. It is the most > powerful tool in word processing, eliminating all sorts of bad formatting > issues. > > I can’t easily use WP anymore since all of our computers have gone to Macs > and Corel won’t come back with their Mac version. I find OpenOffice a very > suitable replacement. But … Why can’t/won't OpenOffice add a similar feature? > > Stephen Nichols > Aldie, Virginia Because the formatting codes are not simple one/two byte codes -they are XML strings. You need to learn how to use D Styles and may find it helpful to turn on /View /Non printing characters. If you wish to see the XML formatting codes, unzip an OpenOffice file (which is a zipped archive) and examine content.xml with a plain text or an XML editor Be advised, bad editing of this file can damage the OO file, perhaps irreparably. -- 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
