On 07/02/2006, at 8:51 AM, Robin Laing wrote:
Jonathon Coombes wrote:
SNIP!
Yes, reveal codes were great when when we used monitors that came
in green/black colours. When we had serial printers and teletypes
that
received 'reveal codes' to set the type of printing style needed.
Styles have replaced this method as we now have WYSIWIG graphics.
That is, if it is bold, you will SEE that it is bold.
The problem with WYSIWYG displays is you see a problem and try to
fix the formatting by changing or redoing the style but it doesn't
work. Or as I have come across before, you change a style that is
only supposed to affect a paragraph but affects a whole document
after the edit point because of how the document was put together.
This is where reveal codes shine. I have had issues where I wanted
to do something but I could not get the cursor in the exact
location to achieve what I wanted. This would have been easy with
reveal codes.
The main reason changing a style does not work is because somebody
has used a
"hard" format over it eg hit the bold button, italics etc. rather
than using styles. Use
the Format > Default Formatting to take away styles and see what hard
formats are
still applied.
The styles are designed to work within their specific confines. That
is, paragraph
styles will affect all paragraphs of that style. If you need it
different for only one
paragraph, then you should create a new style from the existing one
for that
specific paragraph.
It seems to me that the problem is not that styles are a problem, or
that reveal codes
are needed, it is more that people who use reveal codes do not know
the best method
for using styles and how they should work. This means they end up
using a loose
combination of styles and formats and lead themselves into the
problem that they
believe reveal codes will fix?
SNIP!
I like styles for what I know but for me, I am in the previous
group of allot of one-time items where styles are not that time
saving. I need quick formatting that isn't always achievable via
styles.
OK. So here is the problem I think. Your quick formatting method is
applying hard
formatting by simply hitting the icons on the toolbar instead of
applying styles (
still usually one click when they exist). This is causing your
problems with the
styles not seeming to work properly or consistently.
If there was WordPerfect for Linux again, I would be purchasing it.
If StarOffice provided Reveal Codes, I would purchase it. Reveal
codes to me is worth money.
I tried WordPerfect for Linux when they had it last time, but it was
too flakey.
It kept on dying and doing weird things, it just was not reliable.
Regards
Jonathon
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