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From: clive@drutx.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Brief overview of FullWrite (Really solution to Word 3.01 problem)
Message-ID: <7821@drutx.ATT.COM>
Date: 11 May 88 20:58:40 GMT
References: <3694@fluke.COM>
Organization: resident visitor
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Posted: Wed May 11 16:58:40 1988

From article <3694@fluke.COM>, by moriarty@fluke.UUCP:

> Customs styles, why they look adequate for my purposes, are still missing
> two features 

I understand a third very substantial missing feature is inheritance -- 
FullWrite styles can't inherit from other styles as Word's can.

It's a part of the object-inheritance model I think very powerful and 
convenient.  If Microsoft would (perhaps graphically) illustrate that this
is how their program really works, I think it would be much clearer to
everyone what Word is about, and show it to be quite easy to use.  At 
least I personally find it so.

This leads to the solution to your problem, probably.

> I had a *very* bad
> experience with MS Word 3.01 the other night, where it wouldn't change the
> font according to the Style Sheet, and I am not feeling particularly
> generous towards them of late.
> 
Think this one is easy.  If you have changed the font of a paragraph
over what the original style had (instead of changing the style itself),
this has priority, which is very likely the case here.  Afterwards,
alterations to the font of the style underneath (following me?) continues 
to be over-ridden by what you put on top.

The solution is to select the whole paragraph, and from Format menu, select 
Plain Text, which clears any formatting above the basic style.  If you like 
keyboard shortcuts, you could instead type clover-shift-spacebar against the
selection.


Have fun -- I'd like to try FullWrite, being just as interested as
anyone else.  It does unfortunately sound a lot less powerful than
Word, so far, and the notes about bombs on large selections, etc.,
don't bode well.  But maybe they'll fix it... others have done so!

Give my regards to Seattle.  And where should I consult to there, who
will pay me for my time???

Clive Steward