atw: Re: More on Word 2010
- From: "Christine Kent" <cmkentau@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:31:41 +1000
Just a few more points to my previous post.
On "experts" and upgrade training
It is the people who ARE expert at 2003 and who ARE NOT expert in 2007 or
2010 who do all the complaining. Those of us who ARE advanced users of 2007
or 2010 rarely complain. You are still now acknowledging something I have
been saying for over 4 years now. Word 2007 must be treated like a new
product. Expert users of 2003 still absolutely MUST take the time to learn
the product properly (and 2010) from scratch, because so much is different.
You can no longer bluff your way through the upgrades because the changes
are far too far reaching. Even between 2007 and 2010, the additions alone
warrant doing some kind of upgrade training.
http://stores.lulu.com/christinekent
Additionally, no 2003 person should be setting themselves up as an expert in
2007 or 2010 without a considerable amount of time under their belt to learn
everything that is new in these later versions. A person who is not expert
in 2007 or 2010 should not be trying to recover a corrupt document using
2003 and more than they would try to recover it using FrameMaker or Open
Office.
On zip files
As an aside, there is no point zipping .docx or .docm files. They already
ARE zip files. If you rename a .docx to .zip, you can open it as a zip and
see the component files. You cannot achieve much zipping a zip file.
On backups
Word itself has a very reliable way of ensuring you DO have backup files and
I suggest you check out my blog at
http://christinekent.blogspot.com/2011/05/recovering-lost-documents.html and
make sure you get all your settings correct so you DO have the necessary
range of backup files - automatically. You need a fairly substantial IQ to
grasp and remember it all, so a better course of action may be to keep my
blog address handy to remind you next time you need it - once you have set
your settings.
On settings
One reason I recommend using my books when you upgrade, is that a
considerable portion of those books is on how to set your settings. If you
get your settings wrong, you will end up with messes (not corruptions).
These might include all sorts of formatting issues, depending on how you
have set your system to deal with legacy documents.
http://stores.lulu.com/christinekent
Christine
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