The body text is at the top of this screen capture, I just grabbed a random section of the XML code and placed it below. Here is an example taken from the middle of a very short file Unlike WP, which just inserted the new codes required, Word inserts 'all' of the formatting associated with a style. But Word has a tradition / history of generating really carpy HTML files. One of the files contains the body text embedded inside of XML formatting codes. In a small folder structure, that contains mostly XML format text files. The DOCX file is actually a renamed 'ZIP' file format that contains the document content The (relatively) new 'x-file' formats introduced in Office 2007, ie DOCX in Word, converted Office from MS 'native' 'binary' file formats to an underlying XML format. But in general I did like what I saw the last time I looked.

I haven't looked at it for a couple of years now. It is a great complement to MS’s inadequate attempt in the “Reveal Formatting” pane. This tool adds a pane that converts Word formatting into HTML/WordPefect like “codes”, displaying a WordPerfect like “Reveal Codes” pane. Displays an abbreviated version of the Reveal Formatting pane Style Inspector - display Style Pane, then click on middle button at bottom of the style pane. Reveal formatting - Displays the Reveal Formatting Pane showing all of the formatting on the selected text This is an excellent article describing all of the native Word tools for discovering formatting. Reveal Codes 3 in Word - Is there life after “Reveal Codes”?. Here are the articles that I have on recreating WP 'reveal codes' in MS Word:Ĭhecking Formatting - Word's Reveal Codes But that presumes you have an idea of where the problem lies. There are some features in Word you can use to show paragraph and specific character formatting. Word is built to be 'user friendly' by hiding all of the formatting codes. It sounds like what you are looking for is a 'html' view where you can see all of the formatting codes, like WordPerfect used to do. All of the rest of the format information is not visible other than as the format displayed. Word has very few non printing characters that are visible. The lists, like the screen cap Nathan provided, are all there is.

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