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When I bought my last computer, (the one before this one,) it came with Lotus
Word Pro '97. I found this to be a very robust program and have been using
it all this time. Recently, however, I decided that it was time to get
something new. I'd heard a lot about Microsoft Word 2003, (you can't help
hearing about it everywhere,) and I bought a copy. I wish I hadn't.
The first thing I did, when I loaded the program, was to look at the
reference books. I found an english thesaurus, that was good. And then
there were about another six thesaurusi in different languages, and that was
it. There were no marvelous reference books, which was the subject of much
of the sell on the back of the box. Looking further, I found that there was
no english dictionary. I found a bilingual dictionary which had french text
interspersed with english. In order to use this dictionary, I had to
constantly sift out french phrases in order to concentrate on the english
text. I found this psychologically irritating in the extreme.
Next I went to the 'go to' section in the 'edit' menu. A window popped up
and asked me to enter a page number. Now, this is no good if your document
changes size constantly, such as when writing a book or long report. Why
couldn't I just go to the last page? My old Lotus software can do it. I
rang a friend and he told me that there is a control key which enables you to
go to the end of a document. I thought to myself, I don't want to have to
remember a lot of control codes in order to use this software, it should all
be in the menu.
Then I thought, oh well, I'd better try the macro facility. There I found
that there was a dearth of features compared to my old software. You
couldn't even set a startup macro.
I then had a look at the icons. There must have been all of thirty of them.
In Lotus you get a few hundred.
I then got so fed up that I uninstalled Word 2003 and took it back to PC
World. They wouldn't accept it back. As I walked from the store I thought
to myself. What to do with it? Should I try to sell it on Ebay? No, I
thought, too much time, energy and hassle. Should I give the program to
somebody I knew. I could think of no-one. I thought for a moment and then
chucked it in the nearest bin! As I walked on, I knew that that meant that I
was left with my old software to use. But I felt light hearted and happy. I
was shut of something I just didn't want. It was worth paying two hundred
pounds just to shove that pile of over hyped, over priced, software drivel in
the bin!
My last words, on this forum, are - beware. You probably don't know what a
shabby service you have received from Microsoft unless you have something to
compare it with. Also beware of Microsoft moles who come on after me only to
sing the praises of Microsoft Word.
I won't be returning to this forum. I only came here, briefly, in order to
write this entry. I won't be reading the replies. Good luck.
Word Pro '97. I found this to be a very robust program and have been using
it all this time. Recently, however, I decided that it was time to get
something new. I'd heard a lot about Microsoft Word 2003, (you can't help
hearing about it everywhere,) and I bought a copy. I wish I hadn't.
The first thing I did, when I loaded the program, was to look at the
reference books. I found an english thesaurus, that was good. And then
there were about another six thesaurusi in different languages, and that was
it. There were no marvelous reference books, which was the subject of much
of the sell on the back of the box. Looking further, I found that there was
no english dictionary. I found a bilingual dictionary which had french text
interspersed with english. In order to use this dictionary, I had to
constantly sift out french phrases in order to concentrate on the english
text. I found this psychologically irritating in the extreme.
Next I went to the 'go to' section in the 'edit' menu. A window popped up
and asked me to enter a page number. Now, this is no good if your document
changes size constantly, such as when writing a book or long report. Why
couldn't I just go to the last page? My old Lotus software can do it. I
rang a friend and he told me that there is a control key which enables you to
go to the end of a document. I thought to myself, I don't want to have to
remember a lot of control codes in order to use this software, it should all
be in the menu.
Then I thought, oh well, I'd better try the macro facility. There I found
that there was a dearth of features compared to my old software. You
couldn't even set a startup macro.
I then had a look at the icons. There must have been all of thirty of them.
In Lotus you get a few hundred.
I then got so fed up that I uninstalled Word 2003 and took it back to PC
World. They wouldn't accept it back. As I walked from the store I thought
to myself. What to do with it? Should I try to sell it on Ebay? No, I
thought, too much time, energy and hassle. Should I give the program to
somebody I knew. I could think of no-one. I thought for a moment and then
chucked it in the nearest bin! As I walked on, I knew that that meant that I
was left with my old software to use. But I felt light hearted and happy. I
was shut of something I just didn't want. It was worth paying two hundred
pounds just to shove that pile of over hyped, over priced, software drivel in
the bin!
My last words, on this forum, are - beware. You probably don't know what a
shabby service you have received from Microsoft unless you have something to
compare it with. Also beware of Microsoft moles who come on after me only to
sing the praises of Microsoft Word.
I won't be returning to this forum. I only came here, briefly, in order to
write this entry. I won't be reading the replies. Good luck.
