On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:57:48 -0500 EJones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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) (:> > Well I guess it's how you look at things.
But if you define the styles you need at the beginning of the process, even if it's something as basic as Headings, Line 1, Bold para. or whatever, it actually becomes VERY quick then to apply those styles whether you import it as plain text or not. For example, I used to do overhead masters for songs in church. We had up to 4 styles on a page... title, author, verse, chorus and copyright. each had variations on justification, font, size and indents. I would import those either from the internet or occasionally a CD Rom, and it was literally less than a minute then to apply a style to each section. Compare that with what it would take to individually apply the fonts, sizes, indents, bold or italic or whatever. This is not exactly the same as your situation but it is very similar. Believe me, I have used WP in the past and messed around with Reveal Codes, but the whole style paradigm is much better- once you learn to use it. I highly recommend that you look into styles especially if you are going to produce a document of any length or complexity. -- God bless you, Keith Bates 4 Mooloobar St Narrabri NSW 2390 Phone: 02 67924890 Fax: 02 67925418 www.new-life.org.au If you don't have a reason to live JESUS IS THE ANSWER! Ask him into your life today... He really does make a difference. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
