Re: M$ Excel

2006-09-13 Thread jrodman
On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 05:03:19PM -0400, Cory Myers wrote: Worse IMHO, is customers/people/boneheads that have switched to html-only mail, just so they can force this font upon us, as they like it so much. Or those who've switched to HTML-only mail for the purpose of delighting in

Re: M$ Excel

2006-09-13 Thread Nik Clayton
jrod...@hate.spamportal.net wrote: In the middle of a long technical discussion about some sort of development problem in a clunky API that the customer is misusing: Me: I often become unclear as to who is saying what in these email exchanges. Could you consider indenting or prefixing the

Re: M$ Excel

2006-09-13 Thread Roger Burton West
On or about Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 07:36:46PM +1000, Daniel Pittman typed: I think this unfairly maligns Comic Sans, a fine font for the purpose it was designed for: lettering funny books. Having actually seen it in use where it was intended I think the font itself is great. It is utterly

Re: M$ Excel

2006-09-13 Thread Patrick Carr
On Sep 12, 2006, at 5:36 AM, Daniel Pittman wrote: I think this unfairly maligns Comic Sans, a fine font for the purpose it was designed for: lettering funny books. Having actually seen it in use where it was intended I think the font itself is great. What I loath is the fashion for

Re: M$ Excel

2006-09-13 Thread Chris Devers
On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Patrick Carr wrote: There was a time when I was similarly blasé about the abuses of comic sans, and then I saw it at 3600 pt, in lights. http://gneiss.geo.cornell.edu/external/saucy_noodle.jpg From what I understand they put just as much care into their food. A

Re: M$ Excel

2006-09-12 Thread Jarkko Hietaniemi
A (possibly) easier fix (for MS to implement): * On first save, embed a UUID in the header of the .xls file. * Provide the option -- preferably in some user- / scripter- friendly way that doesn't necessarily expose the UUID or force typing it out when needed -- to attach

Re: M$ Excel

2006-09-12 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Phil Pennock phil.penn...@globnix.org [2006-09-11 16:21]: The Project Manager on the office assistant stuff was a lady who was later to become Melinda Gates. Melinda French. She also managed the spectacularly stupid Microsoft Bob project, whose notable spawns include the Comic Sans font.

Re: M$ Excel

2006-09-12 Thread H.Merijn Brand
On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:36:46 +1000, Daniel Pittman dan...@rimspace.net wrote: A. Pagaltzis pagalt...@gmx.de writes: * Phil Pennock phil.penn...@globnix.org [2006-09-11 16:21]: The Project Manager on the office assistant stuff was a lady who was later to become Melinda Gates. Melinda

M$ Excel

2006-09-11 Thread Nicholas Clark
A document with the name 'TS_200609_NWC.xls' is already open You cannot open two documents with the same name, even if the documents are in different folders. To open the second document, either close the document that's currently open, or rename one of the documents. People *pay*

Re: M$ Excel

2006-09-11 Thread demerphq
On 9/11/06, Nicholas Clark n...@ccl4.org wrote: A document with the name 'TS_200609_NWC.xls' is already open You cannot open two documents with the same name, even if the documents are in different folders. To open the second document, either close the document that's currently open,

Re: M$ Excel

2006-09-11 Thread Philip Newton
On 9/11/06, Chris Devers cdev...@pobox.com wrote: * Provide the option -- preferably in some user- / scripter- friendly way that doesn't necessarily expose the UUID or force typing it out when needed -- to attach macros to UUIDs rather than file names. This should solve the current

Re: M$ Excel

2006-09-11 Thread Phil Pennock
On 2006-09-11 at 11:15 +0200, demerphq wrote: Probably the same clowns who got the paperclip idiocy added. That's called true love. The Project Manager on the office assistant stuff was a lady who was later to become Melinda Gates. -Phil