atw: Re: Avoiding Char styles
- From: Bob T <bob.trussler@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 00:56:59 +1000
>Using the keyboard is far quicker than plucking things from the ribbon.<
I ended up in a discussion about this with JoAnn Hackos on one of her
courses, many years ago.
While I politely listened to her politely telling me that I was wrong, I
remembered the old mainframe code editors.
They had many edit functions that are all keyboard-based. Experienced
editors-coders-programmers were blindingly fast.
And that was the difference – experience.
If you know the commands, it is very fast.
If you don’t know the commands, browsing the ribbon or toolbar is a fast
way to use something you don’t really know.
But using a prompt card* taped to the keyboard makes the key-based
shortcuts much faster to use.
* what was the term for them?
Bob T
On 15 September 2014 21:41, Neil Maloney <maloneyn@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 15/09/2014 7:33 PM, Terry Dowling wrote:
>
> I ain’t gonna pay for an update for ME (let alone YOU)
>
>
> You can't get an upgrade for Windows ME, it isn't supported any more.
> Never heard of this Windows YOU.
>
> Neil.
>
> *Reduce your carbon footprint, fuel your debates with **testosterone**.*
>
>
>
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