fordke@infonode.ingr.com (Keith Ford x8614) (12/07/90)
I'm trying to do something and not entirely sure if Word Perfect 5.1
can do it. The docs are a bit confusing to me on this part. I'm
trying to create an outline where I can collapse it to outline style
such as:
1 Intro
2 Setup
2.1 More
2.2 Much More
3 Ending
or expand it to display the text within. It would be nice to be
able to manipulate the position of the outline items and look at
it as a whole, then expand it and work on the individual text.
I know I can use included files for each topic entry and edit them
individually, but would prefer the collapse/expand method. Any
ideas?
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fordke@infonode.ingr.com (Keith Ford x8614) writes: >trying to create an outline where I can collapse it to outline style >such as: > 1 Intro > 2 Setup > 2.1 More > 2.2 Much More > 3 Ending >or expand it to display the text within. WP doesn't really support this kind of thing, but you can get pretty much the right effect with the Master Document feature. Put your headings in the master doc, and make each piece of text a separate subdoc. Then expanding or compressing the master doc has the effect you want. Note that this does *not* let you *selectively* hide sections: it lets you have all or nothing. For more serious outlining capabilities, try the excellent shareware product PC-Outline.
YTHNMADD@MTUS5.BITNET (Noel Maddy) (12/17/90)
In article <1990Dec7.152146.20876@infonode.ingr.com>, fordke@infonode.ingr.com (Keith Ford x8614) says: > >I'm trying to do something and not entirely sure if Word Perfect 5.1 >can do it. The docs are a bit confusing to me on this part. I'm >trying to create an outline where I can collapse it to outline style > . WordPerfect does not directly support this type of thing, but I suppose you could make some macros to simulate it. If you have the option, you may wish to look at Microsoft Word. It has a very intuitive method of dealing with expandable outlines. The only strangeness comes in the mapping of cursor keys to motions in the outline, and the separate outline modes for entry and moving blocks. >-- >| ...!uunet!ingr!fordke OR fordke@ingr.com >| Micro Magic BBS (Fidonet: 1:373/12, MaBell: +1 205 830 2362) >| "and the Trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe, and saw." -Rush -- Noel Maddy ythnmadd@mtus5.bitnet