Re: How useful are Word 5.1a menus in Office 2004?
- From: Clive Huggan <REMOVETHISoffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 08:25:10 +1100
I'll second John's remarks, Zack. They brought back recollections of my
experiences four years ago when I moved from 5.1a to 2001, which I had
forgotten about. In all likelihood there won't be problems in short, simple
(e.g. no tables) documents, but so many profound changes have occurred in
the last decade-plus since the Windows file structure was ported to the Mac
that the longer, more complex type of documents -- especially when operated
cross-platform -- *do* experience corruption.
I was buoyed up by advice just before my post-5.1 "experience", somewhat
like that of an experienced aunt on the uneasy night before: "Don't worry,
dear, everyone feels like that. Just lie back and think of England. Who
knows, one day you may even get to like it".
But my experience, I have to say, has never reached the ecstatic heights of
my enthusiastic colleague McGhie... ;-)
Ah well, learning to live with the realities is part of life's rich
tapestry...
Cheers,
Clive Huggan
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On 18/11/05 8:23 PM, in article BFA3E8D4.244D3%john@xxxxxxxxxxx, "John
McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]" <john@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Zack:
>
> Everyone has had a go at this, so I might as well pitch in, too :-)
>
> On 18/11/05 3:06 AM, in article
> 1132243616.056915.115580@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Zack"
> <asdfi23453@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 1. Going to 'Customize toolbars/menus' and choosing 'Word for
>> Macintosh 5.1' opens up the 5.1 toolbar, but does not seem to change
>> the actual menus. I discovered elsewhere in this message group that
>> 'control-5' can activate the 5.1 menus, but just wondered if I'm
>> missing something about the 'Customize toolbars/menus' command.
>
> Word 2004 offers a heap of abilities that Word 5.1 did not have. I would
> spend at least "some" of your time investigating those. The entire
> user-base of Word spent the past ten years dreaming up ways to make a better
> product -- are you quite confident that they were wrong about EVERYTHING??
> :-)
>
> I used Word 5.1. I now use 2003 and 2004. Would I go back? Hell no! Did
> it take me a while to get used to the new ways of doing things? Ummm...
> Yes! Do I use the menus and toolbars the way they come out of the box as
> standard? Hell no... :-) Word is built for the "average" user, who knows
> very little about Word or word-processing. That's not me -- or you. The
> standard user interface is designed to place the simplistic stuff within
> easy reach for people who have no interest in the greater power, flexibility
> and stability professional tools offer. But, like a Harley Davidson, Word
> is built to be improved. And (as some unkind motorcyclists enjoy pointing
> out...) just like a Harley Davidson, Word needs a lot of improvement to make
> it really "go" :-)
>
>> 2. If I choose 'Word for Macintosh 5.1" under 'Compatibility'
>> preference, will I create any compatibility problems if a document is
>> opened using Word on a Windows computer? Is there any other downside
>> to choosing 5.1 compatibility?
>
> Yep: Stability, corruption, and compatibility. The Word 5.1. Format can
> not describe many of the things that Word 2004 can produce. If you specify
> Word 5.1 compatibility, you are stripping things from your document each
> time you save. The things most affected are Tables, Graphics, Numbering and
> special characters.
>
> Many Windows users won't notice if you do this: if your documents are really
> simple. If you produce complex documents, they will be broken, sometimes
> badly so, on either platform and knowledgeable users will come back to you
> asking you to re-send in "Word document format" :-)
>
>> 3. While using 5.1 menus, is there any way to turn page numbering
>> on/off? In Word 5.1 this command would be under Format>Section, but in
>> Word 2004 with 5.1 menus page numbering is missing from the 'Sections'
>> screen.
>
> Double-click the header or footer that contains it and delete the field.
>
>> 3. I've set Word 2004 to open new documents by default in 'Normal
>> view'. I'd like new documents to open by default in 'Normal view' at
>> 125% magnification. Is there any way I can do this?
>
> Yes, but it needs a macro to make sure of it. (By default, a document will
> open in the view and magnification it was last saved in. The macro will
> force-override this behaviour.)
>
> Put these three macros in your Normal template: If you can't remember how,
> Daiya explains it here:
> http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/InstallMacroMacContent.htm
>
>
> Sub AutoNew()
> Call AutoOpen
> End Sub
>
> Sub AutoExec()
> Call AutoOpen
> End Sub
>
> Sub AutoOpen()
> '
> ' Macro1 Macro
> ' Macro recorded 18 November 2005 by John McGhie
> '
> If ActiveWindow.View.SplitSpecial = wdPaneNone Then
> ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdNormalView
> Else
> ActiveWindow.View.Type = wdNormalView
> End If
> ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Zoom.Percentage = 125
> End Sub
>
>>
>> I'm sure I'll have more questions down the line...
>
> Good. Makes us feel useful :-)
>
> Cheers
.
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