On 20 May 2002, 10:37, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > I can remember way back when i first started using the bat! and run > across some oddities with my quotings being mixed up and behaving > strangely in my texts. I then was told that this had to do with the > auto-formating, (or was it autowrap) being turned on. I got the advice > to turn it off and manually format the msgs which i did. My question, > stupid as it may seem, is if a feature screws up a piece of text so > that you can't use that feature and have to turn it off, why on earth > is this feature even there? and how should you use it to use it > correctly? ~~~
Hi Krister, Since you addressed the question at me, I'll do my best to answer. That said, I have nothing to do with Ritlabs apart from being a satisfied customer. Auto-format and auto-wrap are not the same thing. Auto-format fully reformats the current paragraph whenever you press a key. Auto-wrap merely wraps your text to the next line whenever the insertion point reaches the right-hand margin. I normally have auto-wrap switched on and auto-format switched off because that best suits my typing style. However, there are times when I'm in two minds about what I want to write (or how I want to express my thoughts), which results in lots of mid-line edits. At times like that, a quick stab at Shift+Ctrl+F (toggling on auto-format) saves a multitude of "Alt+L's". Of course, you need to be writing a plain paragraph at the time of use. HTH, -- Geoff Lane Cornwall, UK [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Using The Bat! v1.60c on Windows NT 4.0 Build 1381 Service Pack 6 Winamp currently playing "Annie Lennox - No More "I Love You's"" Antibiotics ... for the man who has everything ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.60m FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug Reports: https://bt.ritlabs.com
