Re: Stupid Word Tricks

Subject: Re: Stupid Word Tricks
From: John G <john -at- garisons -dot- com>
To: David Farbey <dfarbey -at- yahoo -dot- co -dot- uk>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 10:20:26 -0400

Once they know how to apply styles, then teach them how to use the Format
Painter ... it can save lots of time and effort. Kind of like F4 on
steroids.

JG


On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 7:53 AM, David Farbey <dfarbey -at- yahoo -dot- co -dot- uk> wrote:

> I'd agree that "Use Styles" is the most important single message to get
> across, closely followed by "Display all formatting symbols" (which gives
> intelligent users a slightly better idea of what they are doing).
>
> If you can convince your users to use Styles, and they are interested in
> creating their own, make sure to tell them to base new styles on "(no
> style)", and to leave the "Automatic Update" checkbox NOT selected. Also,
> make sure that the "Keep track of formatting" setting in Options>Advanced
> is NOT selected.
>
> David
>
> David Farbey - david -at- farbey -dot- co -dot- uk
> Mobile 07538 420 800
> http://about.me/davidfarbey
>
>

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References:
Re: Stupid Word Tricks: From: Stuart Burnfield
Re: Stupid Word Tricks: From: David Farbey

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