My wife has Word '07 on her box and she does pretty well with it, but I don't like it at all.
Paul M. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 4:46 AM Subject: [Papermodels II 34454] Re: OT outlook express and I've been designing paper models for years with office 2000-2003 draw tool. just a few shapes and a toolbar at the bottom of the screen with exactly what I wanted/needed. word 2007? who the hell knows where that tool bar ended up. plus all the simple commands I was used to are now intermixed with 1000 other options I never asked for or wanted that only make it harder for me to find what I do want. --- On Wed, 2/11/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [Papermodels II 34453] Re: OT outlook express To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 9:17 PM oh yeah, I'm pissed... still can't get the tree to stay still in file explorer. and it took me a half hour to copy a sub-directory from one disk to another, and I still don't know if it worked, where it went to. still have to fight with the friggen media player to stop trying to 'library' my stuff the way it wants to library it, I've done it my way. just play the friggen song... --- On Wed, 2/11/09, Bones <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bones <[email protected]> Subject: [Papermodels II 34452] Re: OT outlook express To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 9:01 PM What they've done is SP1..made it run about 78% faster, no better mindyou but faster. As for never met anyone who dislikes Vista so much...tryme ...I refuse to sell it.BonesOn Thu, 2009-02-12 at 12:11 +1030, Mandy wrote:> OMG Mwaaa ha ha ha... I don't think I've ever met someone whohated> Vista as much!! I agree with all of what you said, but it's just> too hard to try and retrain an entire office to use Linix/Ubuntu.> Otherwise, I'd have a Unix based system in place. We don't use a> server - it's all peer to peer, but there are 5 of us here and I'mthe> only one that is not just a user. Plus the software we use is only> written for Micro$oft. :(> > Unfortunately, Windows 7 is just as "pretty". I started out onan> Amiga 500 many moons ago, then moved to Windows 3.11 and have tried> every single operating system since. I've tried all the variants of> each type of operating system, as I've been fixing computers and their> software for the last 10 years, and to be honest, the best operating> system to work with was Windows 98. But as things have become more> and more complex, the operating systems have become more complex.> Vista is just a bloated version of windows XP, and once you know how> to bypass all the guff, you have a pretty version of XP with a bit> more oomph. But you need to have Ultimate to bypass the guff. > > Each to their own. :) But remember... XP will cease to have updates> in approx 6 months - 1 year. And personally, after all the s***t that> I have in my normal day to day life, I can't be bothered being angry> at Vista. > > For some reason, all my programs are working fine, my computer is> actually running faster on the network (!!??) and there was no> learning curve.. But when it came out, I hated it! It was slow and> blustery and you had to spend an hour getting rid of all the"safety"> switches. And that was on this same machine... I don't know what> they've done, but now it's faster... Go figure!> > Anyway, back to playing with paper. ;) (I'm a secretary/PA/HR, so I> get to play with paper all day!)> > Mandy> > > http://craftandsuch.blogspot.com/> http://www.pcgirl.com.au> ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:40 AM> Subject: [Papermodels II 34450] Re: OT outlook express> > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.> I can't stand the fluff on vista. the file explorer shows> 1/2 the files is used to with all the buttons/knobs and> switcehs all over the place. The fonts are either too small> or too big, wasted white space all over the place, god forbid> it remember I want those friggen "show in groups" off,and If> I want the listing to be in details, I don't care if all the> files in the directory is all mp3's, I stilll want the details> view. > > I"ve never seen a bigger piece of bloatware hunk-o-manure in> my life. > > If its slower, its worthless. period. > > My job isn't supposed to be spending weeks getting used to a> new OS just so I can do what I'm doing today. > > > > > > > > > > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses anddangerous content by MailScanner, and isbelieved to be clean. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. 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