Re: Auto Correct/Smart Button

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From: DC Berk (DCBerk_at_anon.com)
Date: 12/04/04 

Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 17:36:30 -0800

In response:

first, to JE and Jeffrey: Sorry to ruffle feathers about Word's limitations, but
I'm pleased to know that the design team is reading forums like this for
feedback and hope my complaint contributes to some small improvement.

I think the most frustrating thing about Word is that it is potentially such a
great program, and its limitations are so annoying!!! It isn't like it doeesn't
do something at all (which is the case with many other programs), but that it
tries to do something terrific and mucks it up. If it is all that bloated code
everyone keeps mentioning they need to go at it with a machete! Every now
and then I check on Nisus and Mellel, and they are definitely nipping at
Word's heels -- perhaps some genuine competition would mean the team
developing Word for Mac would get the time, resources, and mandate it
needs.

And to Matt: I kept going with FrameMaker for OS9 for awhile, but finally
gave up because I really rely on the Word Navigation pane (I'm working on
big documents). Even if you just consider FM as a word processor, it is
remarkable that old code can support such a solid program, while a
constantly upgraded program like Word can wind up with so many
eccentricities.

And, as you know, Classic is no longer included on Macs and since FM was
the last app I used, I just gave up on both at the same time. I was really
upset Adobe dropped FM for Mac, and am reluctant to pay for the Windows
version + VirtualPC -- maybe if Adobe gave me a good discount to switch,
I'd consider it. I have InDesign and InCopy, and even though the combo isn't
nearly as good, yet, at least it is under development, and InDesign is fun to
work with -- much more fluid and intuitive.

DC

>-----Original Message-----
>Hey DC,
>
>I'm personally reading this newsgroup, and this particular issue is one I've
>heard before, and passed it on.
>
>Your posts and comments to the Newsgroup do help these issues get
addressed
>in future releases.
>
>Thanks for the feedback!
>
>Jeffrey Weston
>Mac Word Test
>Macintosh Business Unit
>Microsoft
>
>
>
>On 12/3/04 6:06 AM, in article
>jemcgimpsey-EE7510.07061703122004@msnews.microsoft.com, "JE
McGimpsey"
><jemcgimpsey@mvps.org> wrote:
>
>> In article <0e7301c4d912$e7674500$a401280a@phx.gbl>,
>> "DC Berk" <DCBerk@anon.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Well, what can I say. Sigh. I've used Word for years, and I am still
>>> amazed at how often they think they know best about how I should
>>> work.
>>
>> Guess I don't see it that way, quite. Having met a substantial number of
>> MacBU's Office dev team (there aren't that many of them), I can't
>> imagine them taking themselves that seriously. They do, as anyone
would,
>> get enthusiastic about new features, and they work hard to implement
>> them within the rats nest of code that is Office. They also have
>> constraints: tight resources, and at least an implicit limit on how far
>> they deviate from WinOffice on existing features.
>>
>> They also eagerly anticipate release of new versions, because they want
>> to see how people use their stuff. They know that some of their new
>> features are a bit rough around the edges, like Notebook View and the
>> Project Center, but they look for feedback on them (partly by reading
>> these groups) with an eye toward improving them.
>>
>> So while I have a whole raft of things that *I* think need to be
>> changed/improved (Project Center, for instance, has completely changed
>> my workflow in ways that I wouldn't have anticipated, but there is *so*
>> much more that could be done!), I tend to cut them some slack on
>> assuming their intent.
>>
>>> It is odd they didn't allow this to be turned off, because you can
>>> turn off "smart paste"
>>
>> I agree, it seems a pretty large oversight.
>>
>> However, discussions like this will undoubtedly have added a bit of
>> priority to doing so for the next version...
>
>.
>

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