Up to about two years ago, my documents were never designed professionally. Titles had colons after hem, colons were underlined with the previous word, paragraphs were seperated by a double-enter,and my heading styling was inconsistent.
Today, when I'm writing a document (whether or not to print to school), I edit styles, designing each to fit with the other, and sometimes I construct my documents from "Outline View". I like having things get a LOT easier as time moves on; but there's still a problem...
Sometimes, I like to configure what Word offers me as styles. Sometimes, I want "Heading 1" (fixed style) to actually be at Level Two or Level Three from the Outline point of view, and from the point of view of the TOC. Sometimes, I want to have three sub-chapter headings, and I want the damn thing to be at Level Two or Level Three (if I have something beyong "Chapter".
When I try to configure Heading 1, 2 and 3 to each be two levels lower (Styles and Formatting > right click + Modify Style > Format > Paragraph), it will pretend to change all right, then after I click "OK" and go back into "Format > Paragraph", it'll show me (and function) as if it is Level One.
BUT I DIDN'T ASK YOU TO BE LEVEL ONE, DAMNIT!
I use the latst version of Word, on the latest version of Windows. I am sick and tired of this thing, and I'm sick of making impressioned styles based on them, wasting precious document space on fixed style configuration I don't use that I can't even delete.
WHY?
Also, I am sick and tired of styles that won't let me change their paragraph direction (right-to-left or left-to-right). I write in two languages, let me do it properly! I ask again:
WHY?
Hoping for an answer.
JH
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Because Word is a stupid, stupid program, especially when it comes to styles, bullets, and numbering.
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jon Boy: Because Word is a stupid, stupid program, especially when it comes to styles, bullets, and numbering.
Agreed.
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
Because Microsoft is the Great Satan and Word is full of little devils holding little hot pokers to burn you whenever you want to make Word act like a real document design program like Quark. :evillaugh:
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
We have Davkawriter at home, and it works great.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Don't even get me started on trying to configure TOC tabs with Bullets and Numbering. It makes no sense! And I did everything straightforward.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Davka costs too much!
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
You gets whats you pays for.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Oh, so if I bought Word legally I'd gets what I pays for?
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Every rule has an exception.
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
And every exception has a presidential candidate.
JH, I would say think through your outline very carefully before assigning anything to Styles. Then you won’t have to change them as much. Also, that whole outline function is so buggy in Word. Setting up the headings throws macros all over the place that will screw up your document whenever possible. You’ll feel better if you just avoid using it. Create your own styles and then perhaps you won’t run into Word’s pigheadedness so much.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
It sets MACROS?!
VILLAINS!!!
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
*shrug* I use headings, TOCs, and outline functions in Word all the time, and it always does what I want.
Posted by HollowEarth (Member # 2586) on :
LaTeX.
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
For outlines, there is nothing superior to OmniOutliner (which is, unfortunately for some, OS X only). For word processing, I far prefer Pages. For text editing, there are many options.