Re: Word 2004 Deleted/Replaced Phrases
From: John McGhie (john_at_mcghie.name)
Date: 06/03/04
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Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 21:39:08 +1000
Just to back up what Beth said: I too have personal experience of
suggestions coming back from the MSWISH process. Each and every sane,
detailed, reasoned suggestion is considered.
Sometimes, the MVPs (who are simply users just like you whose email
addresses Microsoft has...) are asked for their opinion on one or more of
the suggestions. So we KNOW they are being read :-)
You are quite correct that it can take years to get one implemented.
Microsoft Office works in a N + 3 product cycle. There is always one on the
shop shelf, one in coding, one in design.
Currently, Word 2004 is on the shelf, Word 20006 is in coding, Word 2008 is
in design. It's the one in Design that gets most of the new feature
suggestions. Sorry: but that's the way complex software is made.
As to whose stupid bloody idea the bubbles were, I seriously do not know.
But if I get hold of him... Actually, it's not quite as bad as I make it
sound. The problem was that people were not using tracked changes because
it all seemed a bit too "technical and complicated". So they made the
display more intuitive for the new user who will probably have few changes
in a document. The new display does not suit me, but then I am a Technical
Writer who can have literally thousands of detail-level changes in a
document. But I know how to use Tracked Changes and I can confidently use
the previous display method, which was designed for the likes of myself.
What I CAN use and deeply appreciate is the new underlying Document Compare
engine that arrives with the new display. Give that a run before you
completely dismiss their efforts. So far in my testing I have found it
practically unbeatable. At last, it can handle a document with a TOC in
place. At last, it can show exactly where the change in a table occurred.
And at last, it can indicate formatting changes. Worthwhile improvements to
the underlying engine, for the professionals. And those irritating balloons
for the newbies. For me, fair exchange :-)
Cheers
On 30/5/04 7:30 AM, in article
0001HW.BCDE4F32000D1B29F05095B0@news-server.socal.rr.com, "Marc Wielage"
<mfw@musictrax.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 29 May 2004 11:29:22 -0700, Beth Rosengard wrote:
>
>> The more people who request a
>> feature/change, the more likely it is to be implemented.
>> --------------------------------snip----------------------------------<
>
> I dunno, Beth. I think sending Microsoft a suggestion for a Mac product
> these days would be about as effective as putting it in an envelope and
> tossing it out into the street -- or putting it in a bottle and tossing it
> into the China Sea.
>
> Even if they read it, I suspect they just don't care. And even if they did,
> it'd take years for the suggestion to be implemented. Sad.
>
> --MFW
>
>
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