Dear Graham,
The difference between reading text on paper and reading text on a monitor
is huge! The first works on REFLECTED light, the second on INCIDENT light.
The first is therefore much easier to read, not nearly so glary (unless the
paper is glossy, and then, as you may have noticed from old printed
photographs, even the reflected page becomes difficult to read).
Not sure why your survey disagrees so markedly from mine. I'm in
California, but I've even described this option (how to find it and turn it
on) to out-of-state friends, and the response is quite positive. TELL ME
THAT IT'S NOT EASIER ON YOUR EYES! If you try it, it's undeniable.
As far as most people wanting to see what it's going to look like when it's
finished, it hardly takes a rocket scientist to figure that one out; but just
in case you can't, that's what PRINT PREVIEW is for.
Yes, I agree that Microsoft is unlikely to be watching this forum, and
that's the problem ... they seem to be quite out of touch with the user
community because they make it virtually IMPOSSIBLE for us to reach up in
their ivory towers. Now that I'm using the other 2007 Office programs, I can
assure you of that! Word and PowerPoint are much HARDER to use than their
predecessors, IMHO. I'm sure that THEY think they've improved things, but,
now that I'm forced to use them, I would disagree. The menus, for example in
PowerPoint, are all over the place. But that's another story for another
day. Now, I'm simply asking for them to give me back my WTBB. I will follow
the suggestion by CyberTaz (THANK YOU!) and send in my request, even though
it sounds like it is headed to the infamous bit bucket.
--
Flash2007
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
You don't expect your books and newspapers to have white text on blue paper,
so why your monitor? If you have a half decent monitor, properly adjusted,
it is no harder on the eyes than black text on white paper.
I also have canvassed opinion and have not found anyone who either uses it
or finds it useful. Most people want to know how their documents will look
when finished. I fear you are going to be in a much smaller minority than
you imagine.
Microsoft is unlikely to be watching this forum, and I don't work for them
or have any idea how easy it would be to re-introduce the feature.
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
Flash2007 wrote:
Dear Graham,
With all due respect, since when is making things easier to see not
appropriate for the 21st century? If you, or anyone else out there,
had tried the BBWT option, you would never have switched back.
THERE'S NO REASON TO USE BLACK-TEXT-ON-WHITE-BACKGROUND UNLESS YOU
LIKE TO MAKE THINGS HARD ON YOUR EYES! I'm guessing that MOST Word
users would have switched to it from the get-go if they only knew it
was there and knew how to turn it on. The sad fact is that most Word
users are incredibly uninformed about this and most other software
products that they use. I know for a fact that, when I showed the
option to other Word users, they ALL said, "wow, I didn't know that
was there! This is great!" So please don't help Microsoft hide
under their desks on this one. The irony of it may yet be that most
users, when they find out it "isn't available any more," will just
grin and bear it since they, like me, don't know the first thing
about sending off a complaint to anyone at Microsoft that can really
DO something about this. If you can tell me how to reach them, I
will at least register my own complaint and request for putting this
option back (it CAN'T be a hard thing to do, if your a programmer!).
Let's not make the 21st century WORSE than the 20th.
Microsoft have removed it from Word 2007. It vwas a flashback to the
days of DOS, poor quality display screens and no WYSIWYG user
interface. Feedback was that few people used it, so it has gone -
time to move into the 21st century!.
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
Flash2007 wrote:
Suzanne,
You sound knowledgeable, a rare bird these days. Can you PLEASE
tell me exactly how to change Word 2007 to the old white text on a
nice deep blue background (I'm running Vista, if that means
anything)? I don't want to change to blue 'paper' for my other
Office applications, such as Outlook. I only want the
white-on-blue for Word, just like it used to be in Word 2004. I
read another user (MS person?) who said that Microsoft
intentionally removed this option for 2007, which if true, is
incredibly stupid since a lot of us loved it! So, please help me
to make my new, improved 2007 version of Word work almost as well
as my old 2004 version. PLEASE, and I thank you in advance for
your help!
Instead of adding a background in Word, why not change your window
color in Windows? On the Appearance tab of the Control Panel |
Display dialog, you can choose a new window color, which will
become the "paper" color in Word. I use RGB 255/255/225, which is
a restful ivory.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"DDS2209" wrote in message
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I have very light sensitive eyes and when viewing my word
documents, or any other on screen documents, i HATE looking at a
bright white screen (the simulated paper or background). I
typically have to change the background to a light blue or
something easier on the eyes everytime i open a new document.
Can I make my colored background/paper my default for all word
documents?