Re: How useful are Word 5.1a menus in Office 2004?

Zack <asdfi23453@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Well, that's one way of putting it. Basically, what I want is a word
> processor with the intuitive functionality of 5.1a (style sheets!),
> that can run under OSX and create documents which are compatible with
> the Windows computers used by many people I work with. Word X had all
> sorts of 'features' which only seemed to complicate tasks which were
> simple in 5.1, and which made me feel I was working in a Windows
> environment, not on a Mac. I'm trying figure out if Word 2004 offers
> any improvement.

Word 6 and so forth do have style sheets, and in fact they work a lot
better than in Word 5.1. Basically the answer to your question is, No,
choosing 5.1 menus in Word 2004 doesn't make the *functionality* of Word
2004 go backwards: it just changes the menus. So if you don't want to
learn how Word works now, don't upgrade. m.


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