On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 10:09 PM, Doug <dmcgarr...@optonline.net> wrote:
> > On 05/23/2014 08:43 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: > >> On 2014-05-23, 3:43 PM japples wrote: >> >> /snip/ > > There is a huge difference between showing non-printing characters and >> showing formatting codes. Saying AOO shows non-printing characters is >> similar to WP reveal codes is ridiculous. >> >> Now tell me again how there are no similarities (include examples other >>> than ones I have given above). The OO's limited source has been the topic >>> for requesting to expand. The ability to edit is there just not in a >>> separate window as WP. I don't know if OO has the ability to edit a text >>> box but someone with more time and energy could respond. >>> >> >> Using reveal non-printing charters in AOO does not show any formatting >> codes. The purpose of WP reveal codes is to change the documents >> formatting (font size and type, bold, italic, underline, superscript, etc). >> There is no similarity to AOO. >> >> > I have found the Reveal Codes feature to be most useful in finding oddball > things that may have come in with an imported file, and to debug minor > mishaps that are > not obvious from just looking at the text. One use of Reveal Codes will > tell you whether a tab or a set of spaces is used in a text. Also, to spot > double spaces, if you don't > > I'm in agreement w Larry. Finding extra/misplaced characters, non-printing or otherwise, is not at all equivalent to reveal codes. With reveal codes it is/was possible to literally see where formatting or styles were applied in a document. It would "reveal" such things as two different formats applied one after the other to a block of text which would help make apparent why removing one type of formatting didn't cause the text to be displayed as expected. e.g. <format_code1>a whole bunch of text<f_c2><f_c3>some other text. Remove <f_c3> and "some other text" would now display as <f_c2> not <f_c1> as would be expected when reveal codes was off. But turn on reveal codes and it became immediately apparent why the text was not displaying as expected.
