Yes and that works, but I was just using that as an example of whiat might be done if a person could edit normal.dot instead of searching through lebenty-gazillion menu options trying to find the right one to unselect. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glo" <redowl@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 1:24 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: M$ Word help > Don, Have you tried Format> Reveal Formatting. A box pops out on the > right and at the very bottom there are two options: "Distinguish style > source" and "show all formatting marks" If you select the first option it > gives you a bunch of choices all in one place. Probably not what you're > looking for, but just a thought. ~Glo > ----- Original Message ----- > From: dswabc > To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 7:08 PM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: M$ Word help > > > Let me clarify... > > There are at least lebenty-gazillion settings in > MS Word. Finding them all > in the menu tree is sometimes impossible. If I > could open normal.dot in a > text editor and find say... show formatting > codes=ON and change it to OFF it > could save a lot of frustration. > > I hate MS Word because everytime I create a > document it wants to format it > the way it wants to. By gawd, if I want a bullet > I'll put where *I* want > it. If I want something indented, I'll use the > TAB key. Where is the menu > option to tell MS Word... "All I want is a > bare-a$$ naked document, when I > want some formatting I will tell you, and if that > d#$% paperclip or any > other stupid animated distraction shows it face > again I'm gonna shoot it > full of buckshot"? > > Don > > > > > > > -- > Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and > everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. > > To unsubscribe or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html -- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/