Hi Chris

Chris wrote:
[..]
Patrick, as for assuming he hasn't tried to understand how Word
works....mate, he shouldn't have to for things like this.

I disagree!

Our anonymous friend wrote it's part of his _job_ to write software
documentation. He has doubtlessly spent hours and hours learning the
software tools he's using. Why can't he spend half a day reading up on
the documentation tool he's using?? Or why can't his company hire a Word
specialist to produce sensible templates which work?? Or he can "code"
his documentation in XML ... ;-)

You say that Word should cope with indentations and numbering and stuff,
and from scratch. That's a valid suggestion, I agree. When I am in the
process of writing structured documents, I first have to switch off
almost all "AutoFormat(WhenYouDontLook)" stuff. And setup the styles the
way I want them. And use styles exclusively.

I would wish that the default settings of Word were honoring more the
way _I_ intend to work with the application. Obviously, Microsoft thinks
that more users are simply writing letters and other small documents,
and by themselves. [That might be a valid assumption, too ...]

2cents
Robert
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