Highlighting Texts

[tom]

can you highlight text in publisher the way you can in
word

 

[Brian Kvalheim - [MSFT MVP]]

Hi tom ([email protected]),
in the newsgroups
you posted:

|| can you highlight text in publisher the way you can in
|| word

No Tom, you cannot. The work around involves creating a small rectangle,
filling the rectangle with the desired highlight color and place behind the
text.
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
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This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.

 

[tom]

-----Original Message-----
Hi tom ([email protected]),
in the newsgroups
you posted:

|| can you highlight text in publisher the way you can in
|| word

No Tom, you cannot. The work around involves creating a small rectangle,
filling the rectangle with the desired highlight color and place behind the
text.
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
~pay it forward~

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.


Thank you for the response - I find it unbelievable

that the word processor has text features not found in a
desk top publisher. I'd be hard pressed to believe that
microsoft does not engineer product deficiencies to
promote new versions sales. Thank you again, maybe next
time the product will work.

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

that the word processor has text features not found in a
desk top publisher. I'd be hard pressed to believe that
microsoft does not engineer product deficiencies to
promote new versions sales. Thank you again, maybe next
time the product will work.

Well, Publisher has plenty of features Word doesn't have. I've never had the
need to highlight in Publisher which is something I often do in Word to
distinguish between corrections. It isn't a deficiency. You're wanting to
use Publisher as a word processor, which it isn't. Publisher has never had
the ability to highlight and I daresay it never will. Just because it
doesn't have something that you want doesn't make it deficient - I use it
every day, I've just finished printing a run of 250 postcards before I typed
this. I don't find it 'deficient' - I find it intuitive and easy to use.

 

[Ed Bennett]

A small child turns to Ed, and exclaims: "Look! Look! A post from tom

Thank you for the response - I find it unbelievable
that the word processor has text features

Whoa whoa whoa stop right there...
You find it unbelievable that the *Word* Processor has *text* features? I
mean, word processing apps are designed for text, 100%. Then they add other
bits on top. DTP apps aren't built around text, hence their text features
are not as rich.

I'd be hard pressed to believe that
microsoft does not engineer product deficiencies to
promote new versions sales.

If Microsoft made no improvements between versions, then there would be no
difference and Microsoft would be hard pressed to get users to upgrade.
But when there aren't that many developers working on a particular
application, feature requests have to be prioritised to give the best
enhancements first.

But that said, you are free to email (e-mail address removed) with all your
wishes related to feature requests for existing Microsoft products

Thank you again, maybe next
time the product will work.

Just because Publisher doesn't do this one tiny little thing that you want
it to do, it doesn't mean it doesn't work.
I have a desk that I use to work at. It's a nice desk, I like it, it suits
me, it has little compartments I can store my CD-ROM cases in. Other
computer desks that I can get will have a sliding keyboard shelf, but won't
have the little compartments for my CD-ROM cases. I choose the desk that
has the compartments, because I like them, and because I work on a notebook
I don't use a keyboard and hence have no use for a sliding keyboard shelf.
If I was using a desktop machine, I would get a separate storage unit for my
CD-ROMs and get the desk with the sliding keyboard tray. Or maybe I'd get a
bigger more expensive desk with both features in. Or maybe I'd build my own
desk that met my requirements exactly. Just because my desk doesn't have
the sliding keyboard tray, so if I decided to use a desktop computer I'd
borrowed from a friend on my desk for a few days, then I wouldn't have a
sliding keyboard tray for the keyboard, it doesn't mean that the desk is
broken, and I doubt I'd get a refund on it outside of the usual 14 or 30-day
money-back deal at the store. And I'm going to stop stretching this analogy
now, because this paragraph is waaaaaay too long

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

A small child turns to Ed, and exclaims: "Look! Look! A post from tom

Whoa whoa whoa stop right there...
You find it unbelievable that the *Word* Processor has *text*
features? I mean, word processing apps are designed for text, 100%.
Then they add other bits on top. DTP apps aren't built around text,
hence their text features are not as rich.

If Microsoft made no improvements between versions, then there would
be no difference and Microsoft would be hard pressed to get users to
upgrade.
But when there aren't that many developers working on a particular
application, feature requests have to be prioritised to give the best
enhancements first.

But that said, you are free to email (e-mail address removed) with all
your wishes related to feature requests for existing Microsoft
products

Just because Publisher doesn't do this one tiny little thing that you
want it to do, it doesn't mean it doesn't work.
I have a desk that I use to work at. It's a nice desk, I like it, it
suits me, it has little compartments I can store my CD-ROM cases in.
Other computer desks that I can get will have a sliding keyboard
shelf, but won't have the little compartments for my CD-ROM cases. I
choose the desk that has the compartments, because I like them, and
because I work on a notebook I don't use a keyboard and hence have no
use for a sliding keyboard shelf. If I was using a desktop machine, I
would get a separate storage unit for my CD-ROMs and get the desk
with the sliding keyboard tray. Or maybe I'd get a bigger more
expensive desk with both features in. Or maybe I'd build my own desk
that met my requirements exactly. Just because my desk doesn't have
the sliding keyboard tray, so if I decided to use a desktop computer
I'd borrowed from a friend on my desk for a few days, then I wouldn't
have a sliding keyboard tray for the keyboard, it doesn't mean that
the desk is broken, and I doubt I'd get a refund on it outside of the
usual 14 or 30-day money-back deal at the store. And I'm going to
stop stretching this analogy now, because this paragraph is waaaaaay
too long

And not because you're rambling and losing the plog completely...? ;o)

 

[Ed Bennett]

A small child turns to Ed, and exclaims: "Look! Look! A post from Miss

And not because you're rambling and losing the plog completely...? ;o)

I may have been losing the plog, but I don't think I was losing the ability
to type
;-P