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Posted by verity on 11/23/72 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
Thanks for info, I'm sure it works OK but I suspect beginners, like me,
should stick to a simpler text editor. Crawl before running :)
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