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- Subject: Re: MS Word upgrade worth it?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.212832.34652@datamark.co.nz>
- From: thomas@datamark.co.nz (Thomas Beagle)
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 21:28:32 GMT
- References: <19159@mindlink.bc.ca> <1i6n4rINN373@shelley.u.washington.edu>
- Organization: Datamark International Ltd.
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- In article <1i6n4rINN373@shelley.u.washington.edu> qwa@hardy.u.washington.edu (Ned Bedinger) writes:
- >The benefits of the upgrade are debatable. I personally
- >find this drag-and-drop business to be a royal pain in the
- >rear. I simply hate spending time trying to click-and-drag
- >to highlight text (as we have always done in Word) and getting
- >one character dragged around the screen instead of a highlight.
- >It is really an inconsequential feature for anyone who has
- >become accustomed and adept at word processing without it.
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- If you don't like it, turn the feature off!
-
- Sheesh, what a prat...
-
- >On the other hand, things that used to require glossaries and
- >macros are now available on the tooolbar. You can simply
- >click a button to place a bullet, format as two columns, zoom
- >in (aw fer cryin' out loud, is this really necessary?), and
- >a rash of other common and not-so-common tasks.
-
- If you don't like the options offered on the toolbar, add you own
- options there and stop whinging.
-
- Sheesh, what a prat...
-
- In my arrogant opinion, Word for Windows 2.0 is a lot better than Word
- for Windows 1.1 I upgraded as soon as it came out and found it fixed
- many annoying little things. The only thing I missed was being able to
- enter AUTO for a table width measurement - but that's not much of a
- problem.
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