Re: I know why Word is a four letter word

[Caroline Tabach <caroline -dot- tabach -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Hi
I am also a fan of FrameMaker; however, I think the problem with Word is
that people think of it as a very simple tool, while it has many
sophisticated capabilities that have to be learnt.

Since we know FrameMaker is complicated we go to courses  and have forums
etc, while Word seems to have forums and courses for the advanced user
available.

In addition to some of the solutions suggested, in the "Modify Style"
dialog box you have to make sure that the "Automatically update" dialog box
is not selected, as this makes changes.
In addition, you can make character styles to apply characteristics such as
bold etc.



On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 7:58 PM John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> Hi, guys...after being an FM user for more than 5 years, I feel I'm having
> to learn Word (v2016) all over again.
>
> For the last 3 days, I've been wrestling with styles. In effect, my issue
> is, when I define a style, I want it to stay defined exactly how I defined
> it. I don't want to have it indent on me,  If I define a bullet with a .25
> indent, I want it to STAY indented .25 and not change on me. If I make a
> line a bullet, I don't want the whole F'ing document to turn bullet.
>
> I WISH I could make this place an FM shop, but there is just too much
> document collaboration needed here and even I can't see the overall
> advantage.
>
> Thanks guys.
>
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