Re: User Guide for Word 2004 -- where the heck is it?
- From: Clive Huggan <REMOVETHISoffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2008 09:34:51 +1100
On 1/1/08 3:07 AM, in article
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"mister.thorne@xxxxxxxxxxx" <mister.thorne@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jim:
Thanks. I didn't buy Office; I bought Word. I don't recall a learn
option during install.
When a question arose about highlighting comments, I turned to the
Help menu and found nothing to answer my question. Then I put the CD
in and looked for a User Guide. Couldn't find one.
When I'm running Word, Mac OS X slows to a crawl. Others have told me
that they have the same problem.
I do freelance word for law firms, and I have to use Word because they
use Word.
Don't get me wrong. I think Word, by and large, is a good product, but
the Mac version is pretty slow at certain tasks.
Dear [whoever],
Word 2004 is a *little* slower at certain tasks than recent PC versions, but
in normal use it's not something that's intrusive. And OS X "slowing to a
crawl" is very unusual. Like Daiya, I suspect something is wrong. You will
need to provide detailed information on the problem
"I do freelance [work] for law firms" gives some indication that you work on
longer documents and would benefit from techniques that save you time, since
presumably you are "on the meter". In that case, here are suggested sources
of information on Word:
1. The very comprehensive website run by the people who are involved in this
newsgroup and others devoted to Word on the Mac and Windows platforms
(http://word.mvps.org). Among other things, it contains answers (at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs) to many frequently asked questions posed in these
newsgroups. If you need comprehensive information on a problem, chances are
that other people have had the same problem and a thorough explanation is at
this website.
2. Ongoing: This newsgroup. Searching by topic over the previous few months
is a rewarding strategy.
Another newsgroup that often has useful information on it is
microsoft.public.word.formatting.longdocs
(most discussion centres on features used in long documents on the Windows
platform; it¹s highly relevant to Mac versions and Mac-capable people answer
questions there).
Similarly, I find microsoft.public.word.docmanagement can sometimes provide
useful information. If you use automatic numbering,
microsoft.public.word.numbering is a must.
Here's where all the Microsoft groups are listed:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/FlyoutOverview.mspx
Use newsreader software or Entourage to access these groups, not your web
browser -- the display is better and the time delays with web access
(several hours) are virtually non-existent. See how to use Entourage for
this purpose at www.entourage.mvps.org/support_options/subnews.html
<==[www.entourage.mvps.org is a very good site].
3. Other websites, including those run by people who participate in this
newsgroup. I list some of them on page 23 of some notes on the way I use
Word for the Mac, titled "Bend Word to Your Will", which are available as a
free download from the Word MVPs' website
(http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Bend/BendWordToYourWill.html). I develop strategic
plans and policy -- similar to legal work in many ways -- and some of the
techniques in "Bend Word to Your Will" are relevant. [It's designed to be
used electronically and most subjects are self-contained dictionary-style
entries. If you decide to read more widely than the item I've referred to,
it's important to read the front end of the document -- especially pages 3
and 5 -- so you can select some Word settings that will allow you to use the
document effectively.]
4. Reference books. I still find it quicker to flash-read a papyrus manual
than web pages. Macworld® Microsoft® Office [year] Bible, Bob LeVitus and
Dennis R. Cohen, Hungry Minds Inc. is useful. In a similar vein is Office
2004 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual, Mark Holt Walker, Franklin Tessler
and Paul Berkowitz, Pogue Press/O¹Reilly Associates. But the more detailed
manuals available are Word for Windows manuals such as Que Corporation¹s
Using Word [year] series and Wiley¹s Word [year] Bible series. The Word 2000
versions are better for Word 2004 users than the Word 2003 books.
5. Word's Help. Unfortunately it's still the victim of a misguided exercise
in trimming the content a few years go; also, I often find it won't come up
with an article in response to some very obvious keywords. Maybe it's just
me...
Cheers,
Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from North America and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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