Hi Robert,
I certainly wouldn't take it personally in any way, shape or
form. Indeed quite the reverse, or you would not be on this
list at all.
What Jean (I believe) and I are talking about are those who
simply refuse to learn. They have done things a specific
way for ever, and are not about to change -- for anyone.
In a very extreme case we had a while ago, a lady had hand
typed a THIRTY page Table of Contents. Printed the whole
document, then manually entered the page numbers.
There was not one single Style in a 700 plus page document.
And yet the document looked visually perfect.
She had been using Word for years, and had always done
things this way.
Can you imagine how long it would have taken to sort that
mess out into braille?
Fortunately in this particular case, the lady concerned was
delighted that we provided her with the training her bosses
should have allowed her years ago, and she went away a happy
camper.
But sadly this is not always the case.
George.
-----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert
Clark
Sent: 21 January 2007 17:17
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Spam Characteristics: Re: NEED HELP
WITH PARAGRAPH STYLE
I dont wish to start a war but find comments like "You
definitely don't
build in tools to accommodate the stupidity of users." to be
less than
helpful.
I ahve been using Word in some version or another since
95 and am still,
well, not a proficient Word processor. Does that put me in
the same group
as the one in the above quote? I hope not because now I
have reason to
learn how to use Word more effectively.
We will always have people who do things with less than
perfection.
That is the way it is and always will be.
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There are 24 hours in a day, and 24 beers in a case.
Coincidence? I think
not!
Robert & Dreamer Doll (Guide Dawggie)
Newport, Oregon
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jean Menzies" <jemenzies@xxxxxxx>
To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 12:20 AM
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Spam Characteristics: Re: NEED HELP
WITH PARAGRAPH
STYLE
Steve, but what you need to figure out is how to use
search and replace
and macros to do fixes to poorly prepared documents, and
work to educate
people in word processing skills. You definitely don't
build in tools to
accommodate the stupidity of users. All that does it tell
people that it's
okay to do things the way they've always done them... No
wonder literacy
and grammar and other skills are going down the tubes...
Jean
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