Re: Word's default formatting for .TXT files

From: Joel Konkle-Parker (joel.j.konkle-parker_at_nasa.gov)
Date: 07/02/04 

Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 09:50:03 -0400

On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 21:42:27 -0700, garfield-n-odie
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I'm no computer science major or philosopher, so I can't tell you who
>decided or why. From Webopedia:
> [snip]

I'm not sure how to do this in Word, but there must be a way. ASCII
text files contain to formatting, so Word must supply all the
formatting itself. There should be a way to change what formatting is
applied. I know in all generic text editors (Notepad, etc.) you can
change the fonts and sizes used to display text files.

Perhaps Word just isn't designed to be a powerful text file viewer?

- Joel

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