Reveal Codes

[Fao, Sean]

Does Word Perfect, which I guess would now be Novell, own a patent on
"Reveal Codes"? I've been waiting years and years for Microsoft to
implement such a feature into Word and have yet to see it.

Thank you,

 

[Guest]

I am only familiar with Word 2003. Is "Reveal Codes" the same as or similar
to "Reveal Formatting" in Word 2003?

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[Guest]

I use Word 2003 and so am only familiar with it. Is "Reveal Codes" the same
as or similiar to "Reveal Formatting" in Word 2003?

gap

 

[Graham Mayor]

You'll have a longer wait because Word doesn't use codes. It formats using
styles.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You'll never see this feature in Word because Word and WordPerfect have a
very different object model. For more on this, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WordVsWordPerfect.htm. For Word's best
approximation to Reveal Codes, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Hi Sean

I know exactly what you mean I've been using MS Word and Corel WordPerfect
for the past 10 12 years and reveal codes is a god send.

There is a 3rd party piece of software that will add the reveal codes
functionality to MS Word and it rocks, simply do a Google search for
CrossEyes.

Hope this helps

Al

 

[Fao, Sean]

I am only familiar with Word 2003. Is "Reveal Codes" the same as or
similar to "Reveal Formatting" in Word 2003?

Unfortunately, no; it's not the same. Reveal codes was a lot like "View
Source" on an HTML document in that you could see "tags" (not sure if
that's what Word Perfect called it) which "turned on or off" a
particular style. It would be a great way to correct the styles when
Word tries to be smarter than you.

 

[Fao, Sean]

You'll have a longer wait because Word doesn't use codes. It formats using
styles.

I was under the impression that Microsoft was going to integrate XML
into the entire Office suite, which could have made it possible for a
feature such as Reveal Codes. Maybe XML was implemented, but did
little, if anything, to improve upon formatting versatility.

 

[Guest]

Hi Guys

Just to clarify WordPerfect also uses styles as well as code, have a look at
the below link it might help:

http://www.levitjames.com/crosseyes/CrossEyes.html

Al

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

For the original poster, see also these links for greater understanding of
why Word doesn't have Reveal Codes and the Word-equivalents.

How Word differs from WordPerfect
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/WordVsWordPerfect.htm

Some Tips and "Gotchas" for those who are new to Word
Especially if migrating from WordPerfect
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/TipsAndGotchas.htm

Is There Life After "Reveal Codes"?
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm

WordPerfect to Word converters (and why none of them are perfect)
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/WordPerfectConverters.htm

DM