Re: Newbie help on formatting / styles

Hello Mark

Thanks, again.

Some publishers and lawyers insist on word.doc format. I bought two versions
of MS Office, had both repeatedly deactivate themselves, and MS Support was
totally non supportive. OpenOffice works, but Abi seems to offer easier LOCAL
formatting. 

I just don't like unnecessary work or obfuscation.

Regards,
 Don Miller   [email protected]
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Friday, December 28, 2012, 11:23:28 AM, you wrote:

> Hi Don,

> Good to know that "normal.awt" works.

> There won't be a Help entry for "user-specific." That's only a
> reference to settings that affect only the defaults you set up for
> Abiword in your Home directory (in Linux). Instead of modifying the
> Abiword file in /usr/share (or wherever it is in Windows), you can
> create a new user-profile file in your own Home directory for instances
> of Abiword that you invoke for yourself (vs. any other users of your
> system).

> This option is discussed in the Help file. If you're running Abiword
> with an internet connection, click the Help button, then "Help
> Contents" (which will open your browser and take you to the Abiword
> Help page). From there click on "How To," and the first item  you'll
> see is "How to change your default styles and documents." That will
> explain the different ways to alter the default settings (maybe more
> complicated than other word processors, but there's a reason...). Also
> the difference between system-wide and user-specific settings.

> I believe Abiword saves ".doc" files as a kind of ".rtf" file. You
> might want to experiment with other forms of Open Document Format
> (which a lot of users seem to be shifting to now).

> --Mark

> On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:41:15 -0700
> Donald Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hello Mark
>> 
>> Thanks. "normal.awt" worked, Win 7 at
>> C:\Program Files (x86)\AbiWord\templates\normal.awt
>> Am perusing other templates.
>> 
>> Still pondering the HELP, seeking "user-specific."
>> 
>> TBD, how well exports to word.doc are accepted by
>> s/w expecting MS version.

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