atw: Re: MS Word 2010 and change-tracking
- From: "Geoffrey Marnell" <geoffrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:57:22 +1000
Many thanks to everyone who responded to my cry for help. It appears that my
original document had numerous swollen lymph glands caused by many cancerous
graphics-related corruptions.
What this exercise has shown me yet again is how extraordinarily accepting
many of us in the technical writing profession are of the structural
weaknesses in yet another version MS Word, the tool most of us use most of
our time to earn our living. (X has failed because MS Word can't handle
manual formatting; Y has failed because MS Word is not good at handling
floating graphics. Z has failed because of . some feature that we were sold
on but, alas, doesn't work as advertised.)
Crikey, If TEAC, Sony or LG advertises a feature of, say, a PVR and that
feature doesn't work, don't we feel- nay, know-that we can take that PVR
back to the retailer and get our money back? Why do we accept first-level
software that doesn't work as advertised (MS Word, for example) and not
second-level software (the software, for instance, that sits behind a PVR or
a set-top box)? Why aren't we more rebellious?
I'm getting tired of having to continually upgrade our MS products to match
the software our clients have upgraded to, only to spend eras of unpaid
time trying to work out what aberrant tumours Microsoft has left gnawing
away at its supposedly saleable code.
Isn't it time we started to expect, to demand, that the implied warrant of
merchantability that applies to all other retailable products-cars, couches,
coffee-makers and the like-applied to software as well?
In a word: why do we put up with it?
Cheers-less
Geoffrey Marnell
Principal Consultant
Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd
T: +61 3 9596 3456
F: +61 3 9596 3625
M: 0419 574 668
W: <http://www.abelard.com.au> www.abelard.com.au
Skype: geoffrey.marnell
From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of bja
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 1:23 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: MS Word 2010 and change-tracking
Hi Geoff,
Just to also throw in my tuppence 'alfpenny, I don't know how large your
document is but have you tried to 'select all' and then remove all
formatting?
Just a thought.
Cheers,
Bruce
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From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Marnell
Sent: Saturday, 16 July 2011 5:59 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: MS Word 2010 and change-tracking
I took your advice Janine. The file opened and then, when started to scroll
to page 2, it crashed yet again.
Grrr squared
Geoffrey Marnell
Principal Consultant
Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd
T: +61 3 9596 3456
F: +61 3 9596 3625
M: 0419 574 668
W: <http://www.abelard.com.au> www.abelard.com.au
Skype: geoffrey.marnell
From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Janine Crutch
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 5:44 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: MS Word 2010 and change-tracking
Hi Geoffrey
Why not do an "Open and Repair" from dropdown "Open" Open and Repair. Ctrl O
(File Open) in 2010.
Janine
From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Marnell
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 1:15 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: MS Word 2010 and change-tracking
Hi austechies
I have change-tracking turned on and, after every change I make to a
document, Word 2010 tells me it has encountered a serious error and has to
close. Yes, after every single change. It's driving me batty.
Has any else had this problem and knows of a workaround?
Cheers
Geoffrey Marnell
Principal Consultant
Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd
T: +61 3 9596 3456
F: +61 3 9596 3625
M: 0419 574 668
W: <http://www.abelard.com.au> www.abelard.com.au
Skype: geoffrey.marnell
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