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Subject:Emphasis and Conventions From:Horace Smith <hsmith -at- WT -dot- NET> Date:Fri, 5 Sep 1997 17:44:18 -0500
A way exists to mark keys without saying so. I got this from a Cobb pub
that came with, gasp, Word 2, but it works.
Do Insert, Field, and scroll down to EQ. In the box, put a space, then a
backslash, then x, then the desired text enclosed in regular parenthesis.
When you press Enter, the text appears on screen and in print enclosed in a
box.
To change, use the right mouse button to toggle fields, then type the
desired text in place of what's there.
Two ungood features: It does affect line spacing, and the default appears
with a space after the box. Not much you can do about the first, but you
can edit out the space.
Regards,
Horace Smith
Sr. Documentation Engineer
Syntron, Inc. mailto:hsmith -at- wt -dot- net mailto:smith -at- syntron -dot- com
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