Re: The case against M$ Word

Subject: Re: The case against M$ Word
From: quills -at- airmail -dot- net
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:19:09 -0500

Again, your milage may vary. I do know how to set it up right. And
I've set up numerous templates in Word, none basing off of the Normal
tag, and still numbering and bullets are problematic at best.

Scott

At 8:45 PM +0000 10/29/08, Jonathan West wrote:
>2008/10/29 Ed <hamonwry12 -at- hotmail -dot- com>:
>> I say that corruption of Word templates, inconsistent and frustrating
>> auto-numbering and bullets are two good places to start.
>
>I'm afraid that is not so. if you know how to do it right (i.e. set up
>bullets & numbering as part of styles) you can get perfectly stable
>and consistent numbering, in documents running to a thousand pages or
>more.
>
>Regards
>Jonathan West
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The case against M$ Word: From: Chris Morton
Re: The case against M$ Word: From: Chris Morton
RE: The case against M$ Word: From: Ed
Re: The case against M$ Word: From: Jonathan West

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