Re: Word for Mac X

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Dear John,
That is another story.
To begin with, NO, I did not take Typing at school.
At the time (I was born in Germany) there was no such thing as learning
Typing in school and there were not too many type writers in private hands.
Think 1946.
So, if you really want to know where and how I learned Typing be prepared:
Shortly after WWII - I was 14 then - I became my father's helper in his
bicycle shop so much so, that I did not find time to do my homework for high
school until after dark. Part of my chores was writing some correspondence
on his Remington. Being useful to our family in those very difficult years
was really great fun for me. However, since that initial 2-finger-system
type writing consumed more time than I could afford, I got hold of a manual
for learning the 10-finger-system, with progressive lessons which I followed
until I was able to write without looking on my fingers. I thought that
would be good enough.
Today I still love to write stories as you may have noticed and I will not
be offended if somebody tells me to shut up in Newsgroup correspondence.
Cheers and have a wonderful Holiday!
Rudolf



"John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]" wrote On 12/17/06 2:08 AM:

Hey Rudolph:

PLEASE tell me you DIDN'T take Typing at school... :-)

Cheers


On 13/12/06 12:09 PM, in article C1A4BCDF.2267%rhecken@xxxxxxxxxxx, "Rudolf
Hecken" <rhecken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What a watershed of (most amusing , I must say) comments that followed my
inquiry with that imprecise description of the version of Word I am using.
Since the wonderful debate seems to bounce between well known MVP
celebrities in this newsgroup (Daiya Mitchell, Elliot Roper, Paul Berkowitz,
to name just a few.) who at one time or another all have helped me out
solving my occasional mental road blocks, I feel compelled to present myself
as the 'He who does not know what versions of Word' are our there.
The 'He' is a 75+ years old f ella, a Mac enthusiast who has been using
MS Word for a very long time, beginning in the dark ages of Windows and
eventually and luckily continuing since about three years ago with Word in
my Macs. And trust me I actually knew that there is a Word 2004 being an
upgrade to 'Microsoft Word X for Mac SR1'. This proper definition of my
version of Word can be found, and you all know that of course, in the drop
down window of "About Word". I guess a mental slip of tongue created this
weird description in the subject line:, i.e. "Word for Mac X". And for all
the fun I had reading the threads, I don't feel I should apologize for my
mistake. To the contrary, it brought life and character to this community
which I thoroughly enjoy. If it were not for you MVPs I probably would
still be swearing and ranting, digging my way through manuals which are to
thick to be useful and too thin to cover all permutations of possible errors
a human being is able to make with a complex tool as Word.
Allow me to take this opportunity to thank you all for the great service you
are providing to us mortals. You have become my very first resort for
helping my brittle brain cope with a complex tool like word.
Keep it up and also keep immersing now and then the kind of humour that
brings this newsgroup to life.
Have a wonderful Holiday Season!
Yours truly, Rudolf P. Hecken, PhD EE.

"Clive Huggan" wrote On 12/12/06 3:23 PM:

On 13/12/06 2:39 AM, in article C1A40D3A.1C9E0%berkowit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"Paul Berkowitz" <berkowit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 12/11/06 10:49 PM, in article
C1A49C20.22CF7%REMOVETHISoffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Clive Huggan"
<REMOVETHISoffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


He may well be using Word 2004; I've noticed lately quite a lot of people
referring to "Word X", not knowing that they are using the version that
followed Word X.

That is certainly true. However he never quite said "Word X" in the first
place - take a look at the subject. He said "Word for Mac X" (which is
actually what many people say), quite possibly meaning "Word for Mac OS X",
which is accurate if not precise, and he was not necessarily even aware
that
there has been more than one version of Word for Mac OS X. Many people I
know have no particular knowledge or interest in all the different
versions.
They just mean "I'm now on Mac OS X" (often not aware of which version of
that either), not Windows, not old Mac Classic which they were using until
recently, "and I'm using Word that I bought for that".

Of course, as we experts know, it _does_ usually make a big difference as
to
which particular version we're using. But people writing here often don't
know, and are not claiming to know, unless and until we ask them to
investigate more deeply.

Precisely.

CH
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