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RE: What Are the Main Problems You Have with MS Word?
Subject:RE: What Are the Main Problems You Have with MS Word? From:Kim Roper <kim -dot- roper -at- vitana -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 28 May 2002 10:31:10 -0400
Russ Shade offered:
> >I'd really appreciate something like WP's "Reveal Codes."
> Please, don't
> >tell me to use "Show Formatting" as a substitute; it isn't
> the same thing.
> >I want something that looks like a markup.
> press SHIFT + F1 and place the cursor on the text whose
> formatting you'd
> like to see.
>
> Not sure if that's what you're looking for or not.........
Nope. I'm aware of that trick (but thanks, anyway). I'd like something
that lies flat on the screen--something I can give the ol' hairy eyeball
without having to click, click, click. Basically, I'd like the option of
making my document look like a markup.
Don't even think about exporting it to HTML <big grimace>.
More evidence that Microsoft is vindictive:
Just see if Word's Autocorrect doesn't want an "I" for an "i" ...
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