Re: help searches

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I believe most of the issues you're encountering are because you're using
Publishing Layout View. It's more oriented toward Desktop Publishing / Page
Layout work, not for the typical document construction you're accustomed to.
If you work in Print Layout or Draft View I think you'll be far more at
home.

There's not much about adding a page because adding pages isn't something
you do in Word's conventional views. Publishing Layout is a new, radically
different feature of the program in the 2008 version. If you're in
Publishing Layout, New Page is the first command in the Insert menu, but
you're working in a totally different type of document structure.

As for the Help, there's no doubt it needs improvement. They are working to
do so, but it's a monumental task. If you're interested in learning more
about using Publishing Layout search Help for: publishing.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 8/7/08 11:50 AM, in article 59b563dd.4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "" <>
wrote:

All the comments to help are useful except the issue of the help. I did use
the Word help button and was in Word help. It is still giving irrelevant
responses. Try entering "add new page" and see what you get from Word help.
Frankly, I am ready to return the program. Some examples of why:
- can't just hit return and get a new page
- copy/paste from internet puts content in a box of some kind and I can't make
the cursor click on any part of the page to type my own text. Why should I
have to enter a 'text box' on a Word page to enter text?
-When you start a new page and start typing, the text appears within a box.
This is totally crazy. I have used Word since 1988. This is the first time it
has been so user-UNfriendly.
-Copy/paste from another document puts it in a tiny box that you have to drag
and shape as if it is a graphic.
I am an old woman but I would like to put a string of cusses here like you
have never seen. But you will just have to imagine it. Give me back a real
program. Was this put together by a community of monkeys?

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