Re: Questions For Dan Murphy

"jon_banquer" <jon_banquer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:1137545076.034790.135810@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> Dan,
>
> MS Word does have one think I really like that UltraEdit does not
> have... built in VBA. I borrowed our companies Office CD and installed
> Word on my PC. It's Word 2002. I see no way to run Word in text edit
> mode.

There really is no such thing as text mode. Just type and when you save
the file you select .txt from the drop down tab. You can then select the
format.

>
> All I can do is save as a text file but I get an annoying dialog box
> that pops up and that does not appear to have a way to be disabled. The
> annoying dialog box says something like you will lose all your
> formating, pictures, etc. I spent about 15 minutes looking through the
> MS Word help for how to run in text edit mode or how to get rid of this
> annoying dialog box.... came up with jack shit.

If you have auto save turned on and you didn't start by saving the file
first thing as a text file, then Word has been saving it all along as a
..doc file. When it does that, it is creating and saving the formatting of
a .doc document. The dialog is just warning you that you will lose that
formatting by saving it as a .txt file. It won't hurt your data and
you'll lose nothing. After opening Word save your new file as a .txt
first thing. That way if you lose power or the computer crashes you will
be able to find and recover your file.

>
> I understand where MS Word makes it easier for you with sales, etc. but
> I don't have those needs. File handing in UltraEdit is far better then
> MS Word from what I can see so far.

File handling? Just open the file and type. Well save it first, then
type.

>
> Perhaps an MS World expert like yourself can help a novice MS
> Applications user like myself figure out how to run Word in text editor
> mode or how to get rid of this freaking dialog box.

See above.

>
> I do think that MS Word might be perfect for MR. P.V as I'm sure that
> Clip-It twisting paper clip thingy would give him the feeling of
> security he needs. Clip-It probably can be customized to pop up, twist
> around and say.... It time to suck some cock. I doubt any other Word
> Processor could deliver the goods for Mr. P.V. like MS Word...

Click <Help> then <Turn off office assistant>

>
> Still the built in VBA is very appealing.
>

It's also very easy to create a template. Type what you want to use as a
template and save it as a *.dot, then next time select <New>, then pick
your template from where you saved it. Usually <General Templates>.

You could also include a macro in your template that prompts you to save
as a .txt file first thing.

--

Dan

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