What do you do if most every document you create with your word processor
(WP) is in a different "style," & you don't know its "style" until you
finish creating it? For my personal use, I create a lot of specialized
lists & inventories w/ my WP, in addition to creating documents & written
articles in many & varied formats. To address the responder of my initial
posting, let me say: I've invested a lot of time in trying to become
proficient in Writer "styles" w/o much success. Also, I bought every
reference I could find on 'Writer,' but still couldn't get that Writer WP to
produce the documents I needed in the format I wanted. What is more, when I
was required to re-edit a Writer document at a later time, I found the
re-editing often undid all the formatting I thought I had built into the
Writer document. I don't mind investing in computer programming technology
that serves my needs. (For a "selfie" "aside," I started in the computer
business in 1961, & was, at various times, fluent in 7 ea. different
computer languages. So I know what it means to "invest" one's time & effort
to acquire proficiency w/ a particular software product.) I decided w/
Writer that I wasn't making progress getting my work done. Therefore, I
decided to invest my time & energy elsewhere. In consistency w/ my previous
experience, I chose to invest my time & energy in the so-called "tried &
true"--in this case MS Word. My priority has always been on getting my work
done efficiently, & not on learning to become proficient w/ any particular
software product.
Best wishes,
Anthony J. Rudgers
Orlando, FL
Posted: June 25, 2015; 8:25 pm
-----Original Message-----
From: Dale Erwin
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 2:10 AM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Cc: Anthony Rudgers
Subject: Re: warning - Editor Wars!!!--how about some heresy on behalf of
the "Joe 6-Pack" word processor user
On 6/23/2015 10:53 PM, Anthony J. Rudgers wrote:
As to word processors suitable for the general user, my vote is for
Microsoft Word. While, like most everyone on our Planet, I'd like the
proverbial "free lunch," I don't expect to get one. However, I found I
can get MS Word to give me the text I want to type almost always. But
when I use Writer, I keep getting something I have to constantly diddle
with to get it to appear in the form I want. And, if I want something
fancier than simple text, I can get that too with MS Word. I'd like
Writer fine if only I could sit down at my computer & prepare a document
using it without constantly undoing all the things built into Writer that
I've never figured out how to turn off or to modify. Of course I had to
pay a somewhat steep price to get a WP that served my needs, but my time
is valuable to me too, so the ease of use & the reliability of MS Word
seems well worth the cost in the long run.
I think if you would take the time to learn how to use styles you would
find that Writer can be just as versatile as Word, if not moreso. I
struggled against it for a long time before I finally broke down and
made the time to learn how to use them.
Dale Erwin
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