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Posted by oldwetdog on 10/19/80 11:49
verity wrote:
> oldwetdog wrote:
>> 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
>
> Good grief, I'm actually starting to understand this stuff.
>
Then I guess there IS hope for me... ;-)
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