Re: I hate Word

From: Activ8 (reply2group_at_ndbbm.net)
Date: 06/17/04 

Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 22:18:25 -0400

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 11:26:33 -0700, John Larkin wrote:

> Microsoft Word is an annoying mess, so I mostly don't use it. I create
> most everything using Edit, in plain text; this is compatible with
> pre/post processors, assemblers, compilers, PCB netlists, parts lists,
> all sorts of useful stuff. Variable pitch fonts *don't* work for this
> sort of thing.
>
> But my business folks insist in publishing manuals with all the silly
> Word fonts and features... looks like it was typed in a

> bordello

Heh, heh, ...

> by
> the time they get through with it. And they get annoyed when I give
> them text files to start with, because of all the hard carriage
> returns that they have to manually remove before they can proceed to

> tart up

Ha!

> the document.
>
> So: does anybody know of a way to import sensible text files into
> Word, and then automatically remove the hard returns, preferably in,
> say, one highlighted section at a time? That would get them off my
> case a lot. It would seem to be an obvious thing to do, but I can't
> find such a tool in Word.

I just looked for an import command and no luck, sorry. It *should*
do that if you select "text" file type in the open dialog.

Access is smarter. When you open a text file in access, it give you
an expert to define column delimeters.

Works great for s-param files in pdf. Copy from pdf, paste in text,
open in access, save as text with a s2p ext and it's ready for a
smith chart app.

You might try that though because I did see an import export command
for Access when I asked the wiseacre office assistant.

Otherwise, I'd write an app to strip the damn things and change the
extension.
>
> Did I mention that I hate Word?
>
> John

Word sucks. Trying to find the options to turn off the automatic
bullets is a chore. You have to look for the option to turn off
begining of line capitalization, too. Like duh! The friggin' program
*thinks* it found a spelling or gramatical error and yet it can't
figure out that you didn't type a period before hitting return. Then
it does all kinds of other stupid ***. 

-- 
Best Regards,
Mike