On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 09:51 -0800, David Clark wrote:
> It looks like I managed either to get my subscription to this list 
> recognized, or Eudora changed to send text only messages.  Sorry for 
> the duplication.
> 

Looks like you did it.  For what it is worth there is spam filtering on
the list and I suspect that one of the messages got caught as being in
HTML format whereas the later one was in plain text and made it.

> I'm trying to switch from WordPerfect where I've become fairly 
> proficient after 15 years.
> 

That is a long time. Is your WP reasonably current. I ask because some
of the older stuff may not import correctly.

> Most important question -- Where is Reveal Codes????

There really aren't any. However, one of our users donated a macro that
simulates these. Please see
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/ and check it out.

> 
> I went to tools/options/OpenOffice.org Writer, and found a few items 
> to check in View and Formatting Aids.  Is that it???  I looked at a 
> large document and can see spaces, tabs, and that's about it.
> 

Tools > Options lets you set up OOo to do what you need to do. For more
information, see http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html

> I must say, a plain text multi-page document inserted from Word 
> Perfect into OO quite well.  Just a little editing and it'll be Good to Go.
> 

If you have 2.0.1 you should be able to import your files directly. File
> Open > FileType dropdown list give Wordperfect as an option. How good
it will do with your files is another question.

Since you are in California, you might like to have a look at 
http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/template/legal/index.html
 to if any of these help in your practice.

Do check out http://documentation.openoffice.org/ for User Guides,
HOW-TOs and a waealth of other information to help you get started. The
OOoAuthors Getting Started guides may be useful in particular.
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