Re: How to make Word STOP rewriting your copy

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On 8/29/05 9:36 AM, "Jeff Wiseman" wrote:

> Paragraphs on the other hand are not as has been repeatly
> shown here. The list of characters in the Main are a continuum
> the way they are presented. The format control is embedded in a
> character in that stream (i.e., the paragraph mark) that only
> masquerades as a character but behaves totally different.
> Furthermore, it ALSO doubles as a hard return. What's worst, it's
> typically hidden which allows it to be accidentally "tripped
> over" resulting in total surpise behavior to all but the more
> experienced users.
>
> Take Interleaf for example. From the user's interface, there can
> be no mistake that each paragraph is a totally separate entity.
> There are no special hidden-by-default characters that you have
> to tiptoe around to avoid surprises. Interleaf has its own
> problems of course, but here is an example of a strength in
> maintaining a fairly intuitive GUI main body text stream.
>
By the way, my original explanation that started this conversation was
actually wrong. Or backwards or something. The general concept was correct,
but the details as I explained them were wrong.

Anyhow, here's another analogy for you--I generally find that in
Dreamweaver--where the Code view shows the characters that hold the
formatting commands and the Design view does not--I frequently have to go
into Code View to deal with getting the paragraph marks in the right place.

Nevertheless, I have few problems manipulating the hidden paragraph marks in
Word and getting them to behave, even without showing them. Go figure.

Daiya

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