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From: joeb@hpnmdla.hp.com (Joe Barnhart)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: PMWord, 4CMD, and telecom
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Date: 25 Apr 91 20:20:15 GMT
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In comp.os.os2.apps, ballard@cheddar.ucs.ubc.ca (Alan Ballard) writes:

   |Word/PM, like Word for Windows, has document templates, which as far as 
   |I can tell are a superset of style sheets, and considerably *more* useful.
   |What is missing that you need? 

The only thing you can't really do with doc templates is mimic the 
"character" styles of Word 5.x.  Character styles allow you to name 
specific combinations of typeface, point size, and other parameters
(bold, etc.).  In WfW and WfPM, you can only specify character styles
as a part of a paragraph style.

Another (somewhat weird) omission is shaded boxes.  In Word 5.x you can
specify a paragraph with shading, as a percent density.  WfW and WfPM
lack this, making it difficult to duplicate some of the "forms" my 
company built up using Word 5.x.

-- Joe B.

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