Posted by oldwetdog on 09/25/01 11:49

Michael Laplante wrote:
> "oldwetdog" <oldwetdog@yehooD0Tcom> wrote in message
> news:1284mar84b1u083@corp.supernews.com...
>
>> 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.
>
> Hmmm, maybe you could expand on that. I use Word 97 and when I save as text
> there's nothing extra in my files.
>
> But, yes, there's a whole two extra initial steps involved. However, that
> inconvenience is more than offset by the tricks I described previously.
>
> Nor, I suspect, is this technique limited to Word. Probably Open Office,
> Corel products and similar could probably be adapted in the same way.
> Another trick -- if you use Word's styles, you can even define your own
> syntax highlighting. Create and apply text styles, vice paragraph styles.
>
> M
>
>

Yes, I suppose Corel and Open Office could do the same kind of
thing, but again, Why make MORE work for ourselves?

The right tool for the job, not one monstrous inefficient tool
for ALL jobs.

But, that's my own pref...

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