The design does make sense if you use Word as a true "word processor" rather than as an "electronic typewriter." Microsoft designers probably expect you to use the "space after" (or "space before") paragraph format feature to get extra space between paragraphs rather than an additional carriage return. If you use "space after" there is only one carriage return between paragraphs and adding another carriage return in the HTML conversion makes the text look better because it adds a space between paragraphs.
Of course, if you use empty paragraphs to add space, the conversion doubles the space. Unfortunately, many people DO use extra paragraphs for spacing, so maybe the design doesn't follow the reality of Word use by most customers. (This is similar to the old typewriter rule to put 2 spaces between sentences. You are not supposed to do so in printing -- or a word processor, and the grammar checker will flag extra spaces as an error.) On 1/11/02 7:26 PM, "Allen Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/11/02 4:18 PM, I wrote: > >> As Paul has said, the guys at MS say the behavior is deliberate, for some >> reason having to do with the way text is handled in the two programs. This >> is what Dan Crevier (of Microsoft) wrote on another list several months >> ago: >> >>> Actually, it is by design. In Entourage X/Word X, Entourage uses the >>> HTML that Word puts on the clipboard. For <p> tags, Entourage puts two >>> carriage returns between paragraphs. If that's not going to work for >>> you, you'll have to use Edit->Paste Special->Paste As Plain Text. >>> >> > After playing with this a bit, I have to agree that the current behavior is > NOT what one would expect. Pasting as plain text loses all the > formatting--fonts, bold, italic, size, and so on, so that isn't what anyone > would want, cutting and pasting. Pasting into HTML with a regular paste gets > doubled spacing between paragraphs, which requires extensive editing. > Neither option is good. Conclusion: This may be by design, but the design is > flawed. -------- Jim Block [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hauppauge, NY (Long Island) -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
