I used to have this neat little program in DOS called Professional Write. It
was just like using a typewriter and did exactly what I wanted it to do. But
alas, DOS is gone, all in the name of "improving" things. Word drives me
nuts, always hyphenating things I don't want hyphenated, indenting what I
don't want indented, capitalizing what I don't want capitalized and
generally making a mess out of my documents. Is there a way to stop it from
"helping" me?

Bob

Start he

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm

And just in case:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm



On 1/4/05 8:55 PM, "rck" wrote:

I used to have this neat little program in DOS called Professional Write. It
was just like using a typewriter and did exactly what I wanted it to do. But
alas, DOS is gone, all in the name of "improving" things. Word drives me
nuts, always hyphenating things I don't want hyphenated, indenting what I
don't want indented, capitalizing what I don't want capitalized and
generally making a mess out of my documents. Is there a way to stop it from
"helping" me?

Bob



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MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/
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Thanks, Bob

"Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message
.. .
Start he

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm

And just in case:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm



On 1/4/05 8:55 PM, "rck" wrote:

I used to have this neat little program in DOS called Professional Write.
It
was just like using a typewriter and did exactly what I wanted it to do.
But
alas, DOS is gone, all in the name of "improving" things. Word drives me
nuts, always hyphenating things I don't want hyphenated, indenting what I
don't want indented, capitalizing what I don't want capitalized and
generally making a mess out of my documents. Is there a way to stop it
from
"helping" me?

Bob



--
Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word
Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/
MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/
What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ:
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

G'Day rck,

Professional Write is still around, but of course is unsupported
since the rest of the world has moved on.

No one has taken DOS away! DOS is still around, but exactly
the same applies to support.

Feel free to find a copy of DOS and a copy of Professional
Write, and let the rest of us go to h.....

Of course that's where WE want to be!!
--
Regards,
Pat Garard
Australia
_______________________

"rck" wrote in message
k.net...
I used to have this neat little program in DOS called Professional Write.
It was just like using a typewriter and did exactly what I wanted it to do.
But alas, DOS is gone, all in the name of "improving" things. Word drives
me nuts, always hyphenating things I don't want hyphenated, indenting what
I don't want indented, capitalizing what I don't want capitalized and
generally making a mess out of my documents. Is there a way to stop it from
"helping" me?

Bob

And your point is?

Bob

"Pat Garard" apgarardATbigpondDOTnetDOTau wrote in message
...
G'Day rck,

Professional Write is still around, but of course is unsupported
since the rest of the world has moved on.

No one has taken DOS away! DOS is still around, but exactly
the same applies to support.

Feel free to find a copy of DOS and a copy of Professional
Write, and let the rest of us go to h.....

Of course that's where WE want to be!!
--
Regards,
Pat Garard
Australia
_______________________

"rck" wrote in message
k.net...
I used to have this neat little program in DOS called Professional Write.
It was just like using a typewriter and did exactly what I wanted it to
do. But alas, DOS is gone, all in the name of "improving" things. Word
drives me nuts, always hyphenating things I don't want hyphenated,
indenting what I don't want indented, capitalizing what I don't want
capitalized and generally making a mess out of my documents. Is there a
way to stop it from "helping" me?

Bob

Rck,

Your quite right, Microsoft seem to be so preoccupied with new features to
entice you onto the next version they overlook the fact that not everyone can
afford the time to spend learning new features. The other issue is that
existing features get modifed or moved, so the skills youve already learnt
are lost upon moving to a new version.

Years ago some software had a basic menu option "Beginner, Intermediate,
Advanced" according to which option you chose, then features and menus
became more advanced, thus basic everyday features were easliy accessible for
the beginner, whilst more advanced options for the guru.

A basic concept that worked well, and more simple than any "personalised
menu" that attempts to hide features that you dont use, even if the likely
hood of using a hidden feature is quite great.

Tim


"rck" wrote:

I used to have this neat little program in DOS called Professional Write. It
was just like using a typewriter and did exactly what I wanted it to do. But
alas, DOS is gone, all in the name of "improving" things. Word drives me
nuts, always hyphenating things I don't want hyphenated, indenting what I
don't want indented, capitalizing what I don't want capitalized and
generally making a mess out of my documents. Is there a way to stop it from
"helping" me?

Bob

G'Day,

Way back in 1964, Eric Berne wrote a book -
Games People Play.

It was a popular sequel to his more comprehensive -
Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy.

One of the Games has the tag - YDYB -
"Why Don't You - Yes But...."

"The agent (White) presents a problem. The others start
to present solutions, each beginning with 'Why don't you...?'.
To each of these White objects with a 'Yes but...' A good
player can stand off the others indefinitely, until they all give
up, whereupon White wins."

You are an accomplished Player!!
--
Regards,
Pat Garard
Australia
_______________________

"rck" wrote in message
k.net...
I used to have this neat little program in DOS called Professional Write.
It was just like using a typewriter and did exactly what I wanted it to do.
But alas, DOS is gone, all in the name of "improving" things. Word drives
me nuts, always hyphenating things I don't want hyphenated, indenting what
I don't want indented, capitalizing what I don't want capitalized and
generally making a mess out of my documents. Is there a way to stop it from
"helping" me?

Bob

Use notepad or wordpad instead. Word is _not_ a typewriter.

Otherwise, sit down and learn how to use it. If you do much typing at all,
you'll be glad you did.

A book written back in the 1980's "The Word Processing Book" should be
required reading. It is short and humorous but filled with good points on
how to not use a word processor like a typewriter.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"rck" wrote in message
k.net...
I used to have this neat little program in DOS called Professional Write.
It was just like using a typewriter and did exactly what I wanted it to do.
But alas, DOS is gone, all in the name of "improving" things. Word drives
me nuts, always hyphenating things I don't want hyphenated, indenting what
I don't want indented, capitalizing what I don't want capitalized and
generally making a mess out of my documents. Is there a way to stop it from
"helping" me?

Bob