TOT problem with Word 2007
 

On Wednesday, December 14th, 2011, at 10:21:19h +0000, Dave Plowman suggested:

*Reading* a Word document would be more akin to being a passenger on a
flight.

But even just being a passenger on a flight requires training on how
to fasten one's seat-belt, what to do in the case of emergency --
position of exits, oxygen mask usage, and if over water, how to
put on a lifejacket.

TOT problem with Word 2007
 

On Wednesday, December 14th, 2011 at 12:31:59h +0000, Jim Lesurf exclaimed:

many hadn't even any awareness of page numbers or paragraph breaks, etc!

A number of regular posters to this newsgroup have no awareness of
paragraph breaks either.

TOT problem with Word 2007
 

In article ,
J G Miller wrote:
*Reading* a Word document would be more akin to being a passenger on a
flight.

But even just being a passenger on a flight requires training on how
to fasten one's seat-belt, what to do in the case of emergency --
position of exits, oxygen mask usage, and if over water, how to
put on a lifejacket.

Reading requires training too.

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TOT problem with Word 2007
 

On Wednesday, December 14th, 2011, at 16:41:03h +0000, Dave Plowman wrote:

Reading requires training too.

But not every time you need to read an article.

Whereas for those occasionally using Word to read articles,
they may need some repeated training.

TOT problem with Word 2007
 

In article ,
J G Miller wrote:
On Wednesday, December 14th, 2011, at 16:41:03h +0000, Dave Plowman wrote:

Reading requires training too.

But not every time you need to read an article.

Whereas for those occasionally using Word to read articles,
they may need some repeated training.

How does Word differ from any other PC prog in this respect?

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TOT problem with Word 2007
 

We were about to embark at Dover, when (Dave Plowman
(News)) came up to me and whispered:

So you don't need to know what the 'controls' do in Word to be
able to use
it?

Nope, you can treat it as a Typewriter and produce perfectly serviceable,
well laid out documents.

It's easier with the tools, but not necessary.

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TOT problem with Word 2007
 

In article , Paul
Cummins wrote:
We were about to embark at Dover, when (Dave
Plowman (News)) came up to me and whispered:

So you don't need to know what the 'controls' do in Word to be able
to use it?

Nope, you can treat it as a Typewriter and produce perfectly
serviceable, well laid out documents.

It seems a shame to ignore abilities like correction of what you've already
typed, or editing without having to start a page again or use snowpake or
tippex [crumbs, who remembers them!?]

Although I can confirm from experience that many people believe what you
say...

Alas, not true as soon as you need to do things that a typewriter isn't
designed for.

Mind you, the first extended 'documents' I typed (before the days of
wordprocessors) included hand-written equations, stuck-in graphs, etc.
Happy days... sic

It's easier with the tools, but not necessary.

Assuming you only have limited requirements. And that factors like the
careful use of font choice/size/etc pass you by as ways to aid the reader
to make sense of the epic you 'typed'.

I've seen many documents that meet the basic "typed" model. Many with no
page numbers, no paras, no use of any variations of font for sections,
indeed no sections. And no speelchunkin or edhiting.

So it is easy enough for people to simply type the words and print the
result. Not always so easy for the poor reader, though...

Slainte,

Jim

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TOT problem with Word 2007
 

In article ,
Paul Cummins wrote:
We were about to embark at Dover, when (Dave Plowman
(News)) came up to me and whispered:

So you don't need to know what the 'controls' do in Word to be
able to use
it?

Nope, you can treat it as a Typewriter and produce perfectly serviceable,
well laid out documents.

It's easier with the tools, but not necessary.

If that's all you want, why not use a simpler programme?

And the above might work if Word is already set up for what you need.
Could you guarantee that?

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TOT problem with Word 2007
 

In article , Dave Plowman (News)
wrote:
In article , Paul
Cummins wrote:
We were about to embark at Dover, when (Dave
Plowman (News)) came up to me and whispered:

So you don't need to know what the 'controls' do in Word to be able
to use it?

Nope, you can treat it as a Typewriter and produce perfectly
serviceable, well laid out documents.

It's easier with the tools, but not necessary.

If that's all you want, why not use a simpler programme?

Perhaps there is a market for !Edit. :-)

And the above might work if Word is already set up for what you need.
Could you guarantee that?

Is it the case that word docs may 'reflow' the format when loaded on a
difference machine with different settings? I recall someone telling me
this. But since I don't use Word I have no idea if it is so.

Slainte,

Jim

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TOT problem with Word 2007
 

"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
...
In article , Paul
Cummins wrote:
We were about to embark at Dover, when (Dave
Plowman (News)) came up to me and whispered:

So you don't need to know what the 'controls' do in Word to be able
to use it?

Nope, you can treat it as a Typewriter and produce perfectly
serviceable, well laid out documents.

It seems a shame to ignore abilities like correction of what you've
already
typed, or editing without having to start a page again or use snowpake or
tippex [crumbs, who remembers them!?]

Although I can confirm from experience that many people believe what you
say...

Alas, not true as soon as you need to do things that a typewriter isn't
designed for.

Mind you, the first extended 'documents' I typed (before the days of
wordprocessors) included hand-written equations, stuck-in graphs, etc.
Happy days... sic

It's easier with the tools, but not necessary.

Assuming you only have limited requirements. And that factors like the
careful use of font choice/size/etc pass you by as ways to aid the reader
to make sense of the epic you 'typed'.

I've seen many documents that meet the basic "typed" model. Many with no
page numbers, no paras, no use of any variations of font for sections,
indeed no sections. And no speelchunkin or edhiting.

So it is easy enough for people to simply type the words and print the
result. Not always so easy for the poor reader, though...

Use WordPad (free with Windows) if you just want a simple word processor.