Virtues and debilities of plain text

Posted by Stephen R. Diamond
Nov 10, 2007 at 08:43 PM

On the other hand, if select does not function “smartly,” you cannot double-click on a word and delete it. Word 2003 for Windows smart selects the last space, but if you retype a double-clicked word, the spacing ends up right. Perhaps this process involves smart selection followed by smart deletion or some other form of braininess, but it does work right.