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Re: MS Word 4.0 --- First (and Last) Impressions

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From: Brian Diehm
Date: Mon, 01 May 1989 18:28
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>One of the things I have wanted in Word is to be able to define a
>style that affected only the selected text rather than just the
>paragraph.  For example, it would be useful to have a "Figure
>Reference" style that could be used within a normal text paragraph,
>and be able to change all figure reference formatting by just changing
>the style.

>Can someone perhaps tell me if a) there is a way to do this in 3.x and
>earlier versions, or if not b) is it in 4.0?

Word 4.0 appears to have no such facility either. The ONLY publishing system
that I know of that has this is Interleaf TPS 4.0. This is the one version
beyond the Interleaf that runs on the Mac. Small comfort, I know.

-- 
-Brian Diehm     (SDA - Standard Disclaimers Apply)
Tektronix, Inc.
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From: briand@tekig4.LEN.TEK.COM (Brian Diehm)
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Subject: Re: MS Word 4.0 --- First (and Last) Impressions
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Date: 1 May 89 18:28:50 GMT
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