[mso] Re: Out-of-control style names
- From: Katherine Driskell Felts <subscriptions@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 10:32:33 -0500
Nice post, Dian. Can you suggest a good Word book? :)
What about books in print on actual paper?
Kathie
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> From: "Dian Chapman" <dian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Organization: MouseTrax Computing Solutions
> Reply-To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 09:59:32 -0500
> To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [mso] Re: Out-of-control style names
>
> Glad it helped and sorry if I sound a little condescending today...don't
> mean to be, just under stress and very matter-o-fact.
>
> As for being self-taught...so am I. What you need to do is...rather than
> hunt and peck around the program as 80% of folks generally do...go get a
> good book on Word and spent a few days away from the PC and just READ it.
> Break out the post-it and tag the pages that have info you didn't know about
> or don't understand. Then move to the PC and do a day/two of practice
> learning what you didn't know before.
>
> In a week...you'll be much better trained.
>
> That's how I've done it for years and I've become very proficient in dozens
> of programs/technologies/dev languages in a couple weeks. Of course, if I
> had a sponge brain like Greg...I'd actually REMEMBER everything I've ever
> read! ;-)
>
> Check out this article:
>
> www.mousetrax.com/styles.html
>
> Dian D. Chapman
> Technical Consultant,
> Microsoft MVP & Instructor
>
> Free Tutorials: www.mousetrax.com/techtrax
> Free Word Tips & Tricks eBook: www.mousetrax.com/books.html
> Learn VBA the easy way, thru video! www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Beth Lee
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 9:39 AM
> To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mso] Re: Out-of-control style names
>
> Thanks for your answer.
>
> As I'm sure you're aware, the problem with being self-taught is that you
> have a lousy teacher.
>
> Your comments together with the Tips for Using Styles at the Microsoft
> website have also shown that I've been creating styles without
> differentiating between paragraph styles and character styles. Thanks for
> the help.
>
> Regards,
>
> Beth Lee
> Tallahasee, Florida
>
> e-mail: callibeth@xxxxxxxxxxx
> website: mywebpages.comcast.net/callibeth
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Dian Chapman
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 9:52 AM
> To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mso] Re: Out-of-control style names
>
>
> That's because you're NOT clicking on the style and clicking MODIFY, but
> rather just piling on more and more formatting to the original paragraph
> style, manually.
>
> This was a fix MS put in for folks who don't know how to use styles.
> Previously, they would do it that way and the styles would be lost. So they
> now pile on the additional formatting WITH the style and make a revised
> version of it. 1) So you don't lose the formatting you wanted...2) in the
> hopes you would ask this question and learn to do it properly.
>
> Dian D. Chapman
> Technical Consultant,
> Microsoft MVP & Instructor
>
>
>
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