On or about 3/14/2006 1:27 PM, Robin Laing penned the following: > Keith Bates wrote: >> On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 10:13:24 -0500 >> EJones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> On or about 3/12/2006 7:21 AM, Andy Pepperdine penned the following: >>> >>>> On Sunday 12 March 2006 11:05, EJones wrote: >>>> >>>>> I can't seem to find a 'view' option in OO Writer that will reveal >>>>> codes. I'm looking for an option as in Word Perfect's VIEW/REVEAL >>>>> CODES. >>>> >>>> What are Reveal Codes? Does View -> Nonprinting Characters provide >>>> what you want? In OOo, text has attributes that are defined by >>>> styles. >>> >>> Not really. What I had in mind is the option to view control and >>> formatting codes as in WP. Many times I might change formatting or >>> other options and forgot where they got changed. By looking at the >>> codes, I can find and edit the document much easier than by other >>> methods. The links provided by [EMAIL PROTECTED] in this >>> thread seem to do what I want. We'll see. >>> >> >> If controlling and tracking formatting of documents is important to >> you, you really need to take the time to investigate styles rather than >> pursuing the Reveal Codes path. Styles give you better control and more >> rapid changes through a document. >> >> I mainly use OO for simple letters and so on, but on occasions where >> formatting is important, styles do make a big difference. >> > > I find that this is true on newly created documents but on imported or > copied and pasted pieces of documents, I find that reveal codes would > make things better. >
I agree. I had asked because I have a genealogy booklet that I wrote for my wife's family using WordPerfect 6. I made each chapter a separate file. When I brought them into OO, I concantonated the pages into one document. Of course the WP6 formatting was sort of messing up the document. I thought if I could see the control characters I could straighted out the document. To make a long story shorter, I decided to take all the WP files, open them back up in WP and save them in .txt. Then I imported them into one OO file and manually reformatted to my likings. A little long in redoing the booklet but it's done and I hope I don't have to do it again as OO progresses from one version to another as people keep getting married and have kids so pages have to be added or revised. I guess I can get along without the function. (At least for now) (:> -- Ed --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
