David Hamilton
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ROTD - Monkeys and MS Word Formatting
Why the bloody hell do so many people have so little clue on how to use Microsoft Word?
Microsoft have spent years adding sophisticated formatting abilities, and yet most users space out documents by hitting the carriage return key like a bunch of demented monkeys. And adding a headline means ‘poke the bold button’
Clue Guys - there are are formatting properties and - gasp - stylesheets for you to use. Things that allow quick and easy formatting/reformatting of the document.
It is amazing that companies spend millions on buying high powered word processors and then forget to train the staff!
(Note- OpenOffice IMHO is even better for stylesheet use, and I do wonder if those who argue so vehemently for using MS Word are the same ones who only know how to use 5% of the features.)
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