I hope that this is not too far off topic.  This thread has been going along
for awhile and it has probably digressed alot from the original question of
how to use reveal codes with MS Word.

The reason I hear most often from WordPerfect users for not moving to Word
is reveal codes.  I grew up (in computer years) using WordPerfect.  At one
point it was the best word processor on the market for many reasons.
However, in my opinion there has not been a well developed version of
WordPerfect since DOS ver. 5.1.  The program did not migrate well to the
windows enviornment, and is still struggling.  It does not perform well when
comparing *overall* ease of use against MS Word.  The Power Bar is not
nearly as flexible or useful as the multiple toolbars available with Word.
OLE with other programs has gotten better but not as seamless as in the
Microsoft product line.  The equation editor is a nightmare to use.  Adding
simple things like lines, boxes, text anywhere on the page, moving an object
and anchoring it anywhere on the page etc. just are not as easy in
WordPerfect.  Although to it's credit, the newest version of WordPerfect is
getting better with each release.  There are many more reasons to use Word
than not, especially if reveal codes is the only reason not to migrate.  The
reason that Word does not have reveal codes is that they are unnecessary.
Reveal codes are a crutch that many long term WordPerfect users have become
so accustomed to that living without them seems to be impossible.

Just my two cents worth, I hope I have not offended anyone.

Mike Buraczewski
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-----Original Message-----
From: Stephane Vaillancourt <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, March 12, 1998 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] WordPerfect Upgrade


|A popup box?  Have you ever tried WordPerfect?  You can Drag & Drop
|formattings you don't want anymore, or you can simply position your cursor
|exactly BETWEEN 2 formattings to add a new one... a popup box will NOT
allow
|me to do such a thing since it only DISPLAYS codes, it won't allow me to
|edit these formattings other than with the pulldown menus and that's what
|annoys me.
|
|Thanks anyways, I guess I'll stick to WP for a while... ;-)