FC6 - Teaching A New Dog Old Tricks

[Leon Goldstein]

Myles Green wrote:

>>Two words ``Reveal Codes''.
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>OK, it took me a while (well actually 'google is your friend' applies) but
>I think I understand now. But wouldn't something like Lyx do much the same
>thing? AFAICT it lets you worry about the content and takes care of the
>formatting details for you. Isn't that what the aforementioned reveal codes
>do?
>
>Hmmm, perhaps I don't understand yet?
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Can't speak for other users, but "reveal codes" is a tool for trouble 
shooting formatting problems.
If the usual user interface doesn't give me what I need, "reveal codes" 
helps.

To illustrate: I needed to make up a form and used "make it fit" to keep 
the form to one side of paper.  When I printed it the output was not 
quite right.  The problem was with the way WP uses fonts; there are 
print fonts and display fonts, and sometimes I don't achieve WYSIWYG.   
The only way I was able to fix the problem, which was not a terribly 
difficult or time consuming process, was to open the reveal codes window 
and directly edit the formatting codes.

I've played with Lyx and appreciate what an experienced user can do with 
it; for my needs at the moment the learning curve is too steep.   My WP 
learning curve went flat more than a decade ago.  I think that is why WP 
users are so loyal.  As I mentioned previously, transitioning from DOS 
to Linux was easy.

BTW there is a large community of users running DOS WP5/6 under  
dosemu.  Printer drivers are available for many new printers too.  The 
DOS printers work with Linux with only a minor file name edit.
http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/printers6x.html


-- 
Leon A. Goldstein

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