I have found styles a real time saver... Imagine a 600 page document and you device that you want top change the don't color of all identifiers for contained coffee examples. I can do it very quickly. For what I refer to as garbage documents (quick letters, half page simple formatting, etc) it helps little. If you ate already well versed in their use or is generally easier to use them than not, but you can usually must ignore them and it does not matter.
I have a friend who uses word perfect. In all her documents she set spacing in her paragraphs by adding spaces. She saw no use for that whole setting the margins and indents...... Until she had to change them and / or insert text. On Jun 25, 2015 7:57 PM, Jim McLaughlin <jjim.mclaugh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Anthony - > > I'm with you. The whole "styles" approach is ridiculous. > > I still have a great fondness for Word Perfect. The "Reveal Codes" > function gave me total control. Even more so than Micro$loth Word. > > Sadly, for all practical purposes, Word Perfect is functionally dead. > > OO is a poor second, IMHO. > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 5:26 PM, Anthony J. Rudgers <anthonyrudg...@att.net> > wrote: > > > What do you do if most every document you create with your word processor > > (WP) is in a different "style," & you don't know its "style" until you > > finish creating it? For my personal use, I create a lot of specialized > > lists & inventories w/ my WP, in addition to creating documents & written > > articles in many & varied formats. To address the responder of my initial > > posting, let me say: I've invested a lot of time in trying to become > > proficient in Writer "styles" w/o much success. Also, I bought every > > reference I could find on 'Writer,' but still couldn't get that Writer WP > > to produce the documents I needed in the format I wanted. What is more, > > when I was required to re-edit a Writer document at a later time, I found > > the re-editing often undid all the formatting I thought I had built into > > the Writer document. I don't mind investing in computer programming > > technology that serves my needs. (For a "selfie" "aside," I started in > > the computer business in 1961, & was, at various times, fluent in 7 ea. > > different computer languages. So I know what it means to "invest" one's > > time & effort to acquire proficiency w/ a particular software product.) I > > decided w/ Writer that I wasn't making progress getting my work done. > > Therefore, I decided to invest my time & energy elsewhere. In consistency > > w/ my previous experience, I chose to invest my time & energy in the > > so-called "tried & true"--in this case MS Word. My priority has always > > been on getting my work done efficiently, & not on learning to become > > proficient w/ any particular software product. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Anthony J. Rudgers > > Orlando, FL > > Posted: June 25, 2015; 8:25 pm > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Dale Erwin > > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 2:10 AM > > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > > Cc: Anthony Rudgers > > Subject: Re: warning - Editor Wars!!!--how about some heresy on behalf of > > the "Joe 6-Pack" word processor user > > > > On 6/23/2015 10:53 PM, Anthony J. Rudgers wrote: > > > >> As to word processors suitable for the general user, my vote is for > >> Microsoft Word. While, like most everyone on our Planet, I'd like the > >> proverbial "free lunch," I don't expect to get one. However, I found I > >> can > >> get MS Word to give me the text I want to type almost always. But when I > >> use Writer, I keep getting something I have to constantly diddle with to > >> get it to appear in the form I want. And, if I want something fancier > >> than > >> simple text, I can get that too with MS Word. I'd like Writer fine if > >> only > >> I could sit down at my computer & prepare a document using it without > >> constantly undoing all the things built into Writer that I've never > >> figured > >> out how to turn off or to modify. Of course I had to pay a somewhat steep > >> price to get a WP that served my needs, but my time is valuable to me too, > >> so the ease of use & the reliability of MS Word seems well worth the cost > >> in the long run. > >> > > > > I think if you would take the time to learn how to use styles you would > > find that Writer can be just as versatile as Word, if not moreso. I > > struggled against it for a long time before I finally broke down and > > made the time to learn how to use them. > > > > Dale Erwin > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
