Re: Drivel
- From: "Graham Mayor" <gmayor@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 15:57:00 +0200
What an appropriate title for the content of this message :(
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
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rover@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
When I bought my last computer, (the one before this one,) it came
with Lotus Word Pro '97. I found this to be a very robust program
and have been using it all this time. Recently, however, I decided
that it was time to get something new. I'd heard a lot about
Microsoft Word 2003, (you can't help hearing about it everywhere,)
and I bought a copy. I wish I hadn't.
The first thing I did, when I loaded the program, was to look at the
reference books. I found an english thesaurus, that was good. And
then there were about another six thesaurusi in different languages,
and that was it. There were no marvelous reference books, which was
the subject of much of the sell on the back of the box. Looking
further, I found that there was no english dictionary. I found a
bilingual dictionary which had french text interspersed with english.
In order to use this dictionary, I had to constantly sift out french
phrases in order to concentrate on the english text. I found this
psychologically irritating in the extreme.
Next I went to the 'go to' section in the 'edit' menu. A window
popped up and asked me to enter a page number. Now, this is no good
if your document changes size constantly, such as when writing a book
or long report. Why couldn't I just go to the last page? My old
Lotus software can do it. I rang a friend and he told me that there
is a control key which enables you to go to the end of a document. I
thought to myself, I don't want to have to remember a lot of control
codes in order to use this software, it should all be in the menu.
Then I thought, oh well, I'd better try the macro facility. There I
found that there was a dearth of features compared to my old
software. You couldn't even set a startup macro.
I then had a look at the icons. There must have been all of thirty
of them. In Lotus you get a few hundred.
I then got so fed up that I uninstalled Word 2003 and took it back to
PC World. They wouldn't accept it back. As I walked from the store
I thought to myself. What to do with it? Should I try to sell it on
Ebay? No, I thought, too much time, energy and hassle. Should I
give the program to somebody I knew. I could think of no-one. I
thought for a moment and then chucked it in the nearest bin! As I
walked on, I knew that that meant that I was left with my old
software to use. But I felt light hearted and happy. I was shut of
something I just didn't want. It was worth paying two hundred pounds
just to shove that pile of over hyped, over priced, software drivel
in the bin!
My last words, on this forum, are - beware. You probably don't know
what a shabby service you have received from Microsoft unless you
have something to compare it with. Also beware of Microsoft moles
who come on after me only to sing the praises of Microsoft Word.
I won't be returning to this forum. I only came here, briefly, in
order to write this entry. I won't be reading the replies. Good
luck.
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