Re: I hate Word
From: Fred (Fred_at_nospam.com)
Date: 06/17/04
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Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 17:34:07 +0100
"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highSNIPlandTHIStechPLEASEnology.com> wrote in
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> 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.
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> But my business folks insist in publishing manuals with all the silly
> Word fonts and features... looks like it was typed in a bordello 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 the document.
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> 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.
>
> Did I mention that I hate Word?
>
> John
>
Why don't you use Notepad? Just turn line wrap on and the paragraphs sort
themselves out. Would make life easier for your editing as well.
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