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Subject:RE: Word in 2010 From:<quills -at- airmail -dot- net> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com, "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> Date:Tue, 08 May 2007 14:13:14 -0500
It has been my experience that using the below mentioned numbering formats is dangerous simply because they aren't widely
known to many people. I've been in many, many companies that used Word, and the writers didn't know how to use these
tools. I couldn't use them either, because if I did, the documents would be broken as soon as I left the company.
Word is a poor choice for any complex formatting task.
Scott
On Tue May 8 13:02 , "Dan Goldstein" sent:
>Hi Kevin,
>
>Yeah, I kind of guessed you weren't speaking from personal experience.
>So, for about the hundredth time on TECHWR-L:
>
>Q: "How do I create stable numbering in Word?"
>A: "Use ListNum, AutoNum, or SEQ fields. They're easy to learn, they're
>easy to use, and they don't break."
>
>Casual Word users aren't familiar with these features, but they've been
>around for years.
>
>Same goes for the other Word features that are needed to create large,
>complex documents.
>
>Happy Tuesday,
>
>Dan
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