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Posted by oldwetdog on 11/25/39 11:49
Michael Laplante wrote:
> If you've read this far at all you're probably ready to jump in with the
> view that Word is possibly the WORST html editor ever.
>
> But. . .
>
> Word can actually be a useful html TEXT editor. The trick is to use it in
> "Recover text from any file" mode. If you open an html file in that mode, it
> opens the file in text mode, not html view.
>
> You can then use Word's powerful text handling features such as "Insert
> file,"Auto Correct, search and replace, etc to create and add code snippets,
> etc. You can also use font and background colours, text formatting, etc as
> visual aids when creating "sections" within your file. You can use the
> comments features to add notes to yourself.
>
> Get creative and you can probably think of a few good ideas of your own
> using Word's numerous features.
>
> When it comes time to save the file, choose to save it as a TEXT file, but
> give it the .htm extension. The first time you do that, Word will remember
> the file name and you only need hit Ctrl-S periodically to save your file
> during that editing session. If you want to save the file for future
> editing, remember to save it in native Word format. The next time you open
> it, your html will be opened as text complete with all the text formatting
> you applied before to aid you in your page editing.
>
> Hope this helps someone looking for a good HTML text editor. . .
>
> M
>
I suspect you work for, or paid by, Bill Gates...
never mind...
<soapbox>
However, forget using Word for editing or writing anything which
you will later use in any kind of code, including HTML
Not only are there the added steps needed as above, but when you
save your file, even in ASCII Text mode, Word embeds characters
which you then must search for and remove.
Word works fine for a spell checker...
otherwise, use a tool for your purpose, not a tool poorly
designed to be everything to everybody.
</soapbox>
owd
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