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From: hess@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Caleb Hess)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Selecting in WriteNow
Message-ID: <78003@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
Date: 13 Dec 90 15:23:11 GMT
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Organization: Indiana University
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Here's the scenario:  I have a bibliography typed on a dumb terminal (from
home) which I import into a WriteNow document.  I'm just thrilled that I 
will be able to have real Italics instead of underlining.  Now, my intuition 
tells me that what I should do is select all the book titles, then go to
the font panel and set them in italics.  So I get out the manual to find the
variant select mechanism that will let me select all the titles.  What? 
There's no way to extend a selection to a non-contiguous block of text?
So for EACH title, I have to: select the title; go to the font panel; select
the family; select italics; select the size; click Set.  As you might guess,
my enthusiasm has waned considerably by the end of the first page.  Am I
expecting too much?  Or did I overlook the magic command somewhere?