Don't you folks always explore the menus of programs when you start using them? With Microsoft programs on Windows, user controllable options are stored on the Tools menu, under OPTIONS. Word also has separate menu entries for Autocorrect. I don't if MS's Mac versions put it under EDIT | PREFERENCES, but the point is -- you should explore these menus and try out the settings. Read the help and check out what the settings do.
A few minutes spent exploring can save hours of annoyance.
Of course you're absolutely right. But my situation is this: our university provides us with a new computer every 4 years. My music department uses Macs exclusively. Our computers come pre-loaded with the latest versions of the standard programs everyone on campus uses, including MS Office. And we never get copies of the manuals. Therefore trying to figure out a new version of everything on the computers is purely a matter of trial and error, and I am NOT a good hacker. If MS moves a command to a new place, it may take me 2 years to find it, or I may never find it at all!
For years I kept using Word 5.1a, because it's lean, it does what I need it to do, and it doesn't get upity and try to tell me what to do. I'm sure there are some useful things in subsequent versions, but they aren't useful to ME and they just take up a bloated amount of memory. Well, when we went to OS X I coudn't use 5.1a any more, so I'm stuck with what I've got, and it's been driving me nuts!
So yes, David, you're completely right, but I'm strictly a user, and basically a conservative person who hates having to relearn something new when I already have a way to do what I need to do, and that's why I never spend the hours it would take to "explore" new versions of programs.
Thanks for your thoughts.
John
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