[bookshare-discuss] Re: Help with MS-Word
- From: "Gerald Hovas" <geraldhovas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 22:15:45 -0500
Duane,
I think You're getting the help you need with Ctrl-PageUp and Ctrl-PageDown,
but I'll just reiterate by saying that all I do is use the Ctrl-G to open
the Go To Dialog box, type in a page number, hit enter then Escape. If you
use this method, be careful, when entering a second page number. Word 2000
and earlier doesn't highlight the page number when you open the dialog box,
so you don't automatically replace the last page number if you start typing
a new one. You'll need to delete the old one first, or just edit it. As
someone else mentioned, once you use the Go To feature to go to a page, the
Ctrl-PageUp and Ctrl-PageDown keys will return to paging up and paging down.
As for marking a block of text, you start the block with F8 and end it with
the Escape key. Once the text is blocked, you'll need to do your copy, cut,
delete, spell check, etc. right away, though since, from what I've read, all
this actually does is make highlighting text easier. It doesn't actually
place a begin and end of block marker like Word Perfect and some editors do.
It's suppose to free you up to use features like Find and Go To in order to
extend your highlighted block of text. You're also supposed to be able to
adjust the block by hitting F8 again after you hit Escape and before moving
the cursor.
Word will also let you do much more complex Search and Replaces if you use
the ^ codes or Special Character menu That Dave mentioned. That's how I
fixed the problem with the paragraphs in Crown of Slaves.
Gerald
-----Original Message-----
From: Duane Iverson [mailto:diverson@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 9:06 PM
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Help with MS-Word
More then Honor isn't up yet, because I had to rescan the book.
Having just done so, I decided to try editing the book in
MS-Word rather then in Word Perfect as my converting back and
forth seems to add problems.
I have a question and a problem.
First the problem.
When I use the control-page-down key or the control-page-up key,
it moves me from one page to the next and puts my cursor on the
very top line of the page.
This is very nice for counting pages, detecting missing page
brakes and the like.
But if I use either the find command, control-F, or the go-to
command, Control-G, my control-page-down and control-page-up key
don't work. In fact, they display what ever I last used in the
find or go-to command.
Is there any way, short of exiting WORD, and restarting and
reloading to get my control-page keys to work properly after
using a control find command?
Here is my question.
Word Perfect had a block command, you could use a beginning
block command at the start of the text, and move your cursor to
the end. If you went a little past, no problem. You just
arrowed back to where you wanted to be, and put in an end-block.
You could then cut, copy, move or what ever your block.
I know you can highlight with the control arrow keys, but if you
go to far, one move backward UN-highlights your whole block of
text.
Is there anything in Word analogous to the block commands?
For example. Is there a delete-page? Then you could use page
brakes as your block commands.
help!
Sincerely Yours,
Duane Iverson
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