CompuServe Messages

Tony <<I just downloaded your ww6 and dts macro – this is a *fine* piece of work! I don't think I've ever seen a help file as comprehensively written as yours… at least not in a macro/add-in. And talk about seamless…Kudos ! ! !>> Let me see if I've got this straight: does that mean you like it?<g> Thank you very much; I appreciate it. The macro was quite easy to do as it is based on a WordPerfect version that has evolved over a number of months. I went to such lengths with the help file for a variety of reasons: first, so that as long as it was read, there would be fewer problems for me to deal with, and because I recently updated the manual for a piece of software, and saw how important help is, and how important it is that it be as complete and coherent as possible. I am in fact as proud of the help file as I am of the macro. Your point about the "normal" style is a very good one. In the next version the style names may change, but for the moment I'll modify a version for you so that the end point of the macro goes to DTSNormal, which is based on "normal" but which you can modify however you like without effecting "normal". I'll e-mail the new .dot file to you. By all means delete the help file, the .ico and the readme. The help file is only worth keeping, once you have read it, for instructions on modifying the .INI, but the modifications aren't too complex. The next version will have thirty or so modifiable .INI entries, but these will all be modifiable within the macro itself as Advanced Options under Defaults. I keep thinking about making the help file available online, but I suspect that's overkill, assuming people do actually take the time to at least glance at it. (The icon that appears in the main dialog box is an AutoText entry, and has nothing to do with the .ico file, other than that they look similar.) <<Thanks again for a MARVELOUS macro and essential link between ww6 and dts>> My great pleasure. I'm glad you like it. David