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Hi...to the folks at Microsoft

I've been to a quite a few Microsoft road shows and events over the
years...and always there is an emphasis on how you have been "listening" to
the channel and those in business etc..etc....well can you "listen" real good
to this! I have just spent all morning stuggling to enter a product key - why
am I struggling? Because it is printed in such small type that my 50 year old
eyes can't distinguish between the Bs and the 8s....the Gs and the 6s.....Qs
and Os even with my glasses on its not easy!

Now look if we're heading towards a bunch of medialess products as seems the
trend with the OFFICE 2007 OEM versions - the least you could do is supply a
the flaming product key in a larger ledgible font - it doesn't even need to
be in bold type - just larger - save some ink by all means - just make it
BIGGER so we folks with middle aged vision can bloody read it! Its pretty
basic and its kinda insulting not to be given more consideration.

Please LISTEN and FIX!
 
Use the same magnifier that you use for your phone book.. I do.. :-)



bitsnpcs said:
Hi...to the folks at Microsoft

I've been to a quite a few Microsoft road shows and events over the
years...and always there is an emphasis on how you have been "listening"
to
the channel and those in business etc..etc....well can you "listen" real
good
to this! I have just spent all morning stuggling to enter a product key -
why
am I struggling? Because it is printed in such small type that my 50 year
old
eyes can't distinguish between the Bs and the 8s....the Gs and the
6s.....Qs
and Os even with my glasses on its not easy!

Now look if we're heading towards a bunch of medialess products as seems
the
trend with the OFFICE 2007 OEM versions - the least you could do is supply
a
the flaming product key in a larger ledgible font - it doesn't even need
to
be in bold type - just larger - save some ink by all means - just make
it
BIGGER so we folks with middle aged vision can bloody read it! Its pretty
basic and its kinda insulting not to be given more consideration.

Please LISTEN and FIX!
Click to expand...

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Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
 
Gosh ... Being a fellow baby boomer, I'm almost ashamed to admit I'm in
Jim's generation. :)

I remember not being able to read the ESN number on a Sprint phone. I
certainly didn't rant about it to Sprint; instead I found a brighter light,
used a magnifiying glass, or changed the font on the display window. Push
comes to shove, you can always scan and expand the copy.

Gary
 
Hi...to the folks at Microsoft

I've been to a quite a few Microsoft road shows and events over the
years...and always there is an emphasis on how you have been "listening" to
the channel and those in business etc..etc....well can you "listen" real good
to this! I have just spent all morning stuggling to enter a product key - why
am I struggling? Because it is printed in such small type that my 50 year old
eyes can't distinguish between the Bs and the 8s....the Gs and the 6s.....Qs
and Os even with my glasses on its not easy!

Now look if we're heading towards a bunch of medialess products as seems the
trend with the OFFICE 2007 OEM versions - the least you could do is supply a
the flaming product key in a larger ledgible font - it doesn't even need to
be in bold type - just larger - save some ink by all means - just make it
BIGGER so we folks with middle aged vision can bloody read it! Its pretty
basic and its kinda insulting not to be given more consideration.

Please LISTEN and FIX!
Click to expand...

Get one of these:
http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=974218&No=10&Nr=200000&N=201668&An=browse

Stephen
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Firstly, I don't use a phone book anymore I use the net! Secondly, why are
you content to be inconvenienced to the extent of needing a magnifier when
Microsoft could so easily print the thing in a larger font? Why can't
Microsoft be a little more considerate?
 
Hi...to the folks at Microsoft

I've been to a quite a few Microsoft road shows and events over the
years...and always there is an emphasis on how you have been "listening"
to
the channel and those in business etc..etc....well can you "listen" real
good
to this! I have just spent all morning stuggling to enter a product key -
why
am I struggling? Because it is printed in such small type that my 50 year
old
eyes can't distinguish between the Bs and the 8s....the Gs and the
6s.....Qs
and Os even with my glasses on its not easy!

Now look if we're heading towards a bunch of medialess products as seems
the
trend with the OFFICE 2007 OEM versions - the least you could do is supply
a
the flaming product key in a larger ledgible font - it doesn't even need
to
be in bold type - just larger - save some ink by all means - just make
it
BIGGER so we folks with middle aged vision can bloody read it! Its pretty
basic and its kinda insulting not to be given more consideration.

Please LISTEN and FIX!
Click to expand...

Maybe you need to update the prescription for your glasses.
 
bitsnpcs said:
Hi...to the folks at Microsoft

I've been to a quite a few Microsoft road shows and events over the
years...and always there is an emphasis on how you have been "listening"
to
the channel and those in business etc..etc....well can you "listen" real
good
to this! I have just spent all morning stuggling to enter a product key -
why
am I struggling? Because it is printed in such small type that my 50 year
old
eyes can't distinguish between the Bs and the 8s....the Gs and the
6s.....Qs
and Os even with my glasses on its not easy!

Now look if we're heading towards a bunch of medialess products as seems
the
trend with the OFFICE 2007 OEM versions - the least you could do is supply
a
the flaming product key in a larger ledgible font - it doesn't even need
to
be in bold type - just larger - save some ink by all means - just make
it
BIGGER so we folks with middle aged vision can bloody read it! Its pretty
basic and its kinda insulting not to be given more consideration.

Please LISTEN and FIX!
Click to expand...

Sorry I meant to add, this is not the forum to send a suggestion to MS.
This is a user newsgroup, not a moderated one. If you want to send a
suggestion here are some means:

(e-mail address removed)

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?WS=Wish

https://support.microsoft.com/commo...m/results.aspx?mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&q=wish
 
Considerate enough that the key code could be read by anybody off of the
side of a computer on display in a store, on the counter of the welfare
office or insurance broker? You tell me..

And how do you use the net when in a public phone booth? Have you thought
about how large the NY or London England phone books would have to be if
produced in LARGE PRINT editions?

Pocket credit card sized magnifiers are cheap enough and small enough.. no
big deal really..


bitsnpcs said:
Firstly, I don't use a phone book anymore I use the net! Secondly, why are
you content to be inconvenienced to the extent of needing a magnifier when
Microsoft could so easily print the thing in a larger font? Why can't
Microsoft be a little more considerate?
Click to expand...

--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
 
Rock, you missed this too..

http://www.microsoft.com/support/keycodes_for_the_over40's/hello?.html



Rock said:
Sorry I meant to add, this is not the forum to send a suggestion to MS.
This is a user newsgroup, not a moderated one. If you want to send a
suggestion here are some means:

(e-mail address removed)

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?WS=Wish

https://support.microsoft.com/commo...m/results.aspx?mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&q=wish
Click to expand...

--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
 
web page is not available error.



(e-mail address removed)



Rock, you missed this too..

http://www.microsoft.com/support/keycodes_for_the_over40's/hello?.html



Rock said:
Sorry I meant to add, this is not the forum to send a suggestion to MS.
This is a user newsgroup, not a moderated one. If you want to send a
suggestion here are some means:

(e-mail address removed)

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?WS=Wish

https://support.microsoft.com/commo...m/results.aspx?mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&q=wish
Click to expand...

--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
 
You're kidding me, right?
web page is not available error.



(e-mail address removed)



Rock, you missed this too..

http://www.microsoft.com/support/keycodes_for_the_over40's/hello?.html



Rock said:
Sorry I meant to add, this is not the forum to send a suggestion to MS.
This is a user newsgroup, not a moderated one. If you want to send a
suggestion here are some means:

(e-mail address removed)

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?WS=Wish

https://support.microsoft.com/commo...m/results.aspx?mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&q=wish
Click to expand...

--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/




--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
 
not available to me, either...



You're kidding me, right?
web page is not available error.



(e-mail address removed)



Rock, you missed this too..

http://www.microsoft.com/support/keycodes_for_the_over40's/hello?.html



Rock said:
Sorry I meant to add, this is not the forum to send a suggestion to MS.
This is a user newsgroup, not a moderated one. If you want to send a
suggestion here are some means:

(e-mail address removed)

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?WS=Wish

https://support.microsoft.com/commo...m/results.aspx?mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&q=wish
Click to expand...

--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/




--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
 
NOPE.



(e-mail address removed)



You're kidding me, right?
web page is not available error.



(e-mail address removed)



Rock, you missed this too..

http://www.microsoft.com/support/keycodes_for_the_over40's/hello?.html



Rock said:
Sorry I meant to add, this is not the forum to send a suggestion to MS.
This is a user newsgroup, not a moderated one. If you want to send a
suggestion here are some means:

(e-mail address removed)

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?WS=Wish

https://support.microsoft.com/commo...m/results.aspx?mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&q=wish
Click to expand...

--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/




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Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
 
Mike Hall - MVP said:
Yes, it would.. MS is hardly likely to produce a page like that, and I was
kinda hoping that people might notice the 'hello?' part and realise that I
was actually kidding..
Click to expand...


Lol, duh, I was wondering about that. We're all a bit too serious, eh?
 
Maybe just a little..

Far easier to ask the local friendly retailer for a 'large print keycode
sticker' edition.. there is a small surcharge on these, but I understand
that the proceeds are given to 'Forestry reclamation' groups, otherwise
known as tree huggers..


Rock said:
Lol, duh, I was wondering about that. We're all a bit too serious, eh?
Click to expand...

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Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
 
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