Right. None of the programs that I listed is fast. You have a tradeoff: Either a decent feature set, with a limited number of bugs, or speed. I don't think you can have both. David Grossman -----Original Message----- From: pcworks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pcworks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 8:50 AM To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [PCWorks] Why is everything pasted into WordPad double-spaced? I have MSWorks (stand alone CD), and Open Office, but never use them. The only thing I have MSWorks for is for the spell checker in OE! I find them both to be rather complicated, and I just don't have any use for those types of programs. I always use Metapad (instead of NotePad) because it has many more features. The only time I ever need to use WordPad is when I need formatting (different font sizes, font styles, colors, images, etc.). It's very simple and very fast to open WordPad, have it INSTANTLY open, and paste text (along with images if needed) into it. But it's infuriating that the only thing from which I can paste anything into it without it being screwed up with double spacing is from Metapad/NotePad...when then of course removes all formatting! So in that case therefore it's useless and no different from Metapad. I of course have to go through all the text and manually enter all the formatting. Whereas with a simple copy and paste into it, I wouldn't have to. -Clint God Bless, Clint Hamilton, Owner www.OrpheusComputing.com www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com www.OrpheusComputing.com/cheap_reliable_web_hosting.html www.OrpheusComputing.com/PCworks-computer-help-email-list.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Grossman" Keep in mind that WordPad is a "poor man's Word." It has some of the features of Word, but certainly not all of them. Its main purpose is to allow you to read and respond to documents written in the PREVIOUS version of Word. Just to make a liar out of me, it also includes a few features from the current version. Another reason for its existence is to tempt you to buy the full version. Of course, that would be foolish. If you don't want to shell out big bucks for Word, you can do much of what Word offers with Lotus Symphony, Open Office, and many other freebie programs out there, as well as WordPerfect, which is free for a limited time. MS Word itself has a 60-day free trial. MS Works is another freebie program that is sort of Word compatible in its own strange way. I don't know how you can get it except on new computers. If you dislike WordPad, you'll hate MS Works. Confession to Clint: When you were considering the option of taking over PC Works from Marlene, I was considering the option of writing to you about the name of the group. I didn't want it to be called PC Works, because of my dislike for MS Works. I decided not to write to you at that time, but - sure enough - the topic came up anyhow, years later! Clint, why are you using WordPad? David Grossman -----Original Message----- At 11:27 AM 3/14/2010, you wrote: >This is SOOOOO annoying and I can't take it anymore. > >Every time I try and past ANY text into WordPad (or a Rich Text >document), it's always double-spaced! If I go to a line and put the >cursor at the end of it and press "Delete", instead of moving up to the >blank line, it goes onto the SAME line! So there's no way of removing >these double spaces. > >If I paste something FROM a basic text file (like NotePad), there is no >double spacing. But of course then the text loses all formatting >(colors, links, font styles, etc.). > >There's GOT to be a way to fix this and stop it from happening. ?? ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-