[Larry]

This has been very lively discussion. I thank LurfysMa for bravely taking
my side against the massed might of the MVPs, though at the last moment she
(and I assume from the name it's a she) seems to have changed her mind,
though maybe she's being ironic, on finding out that I still use Word 97.
But if she's not being ironic but means it, that's pretty funny, given that
she herself uses Word 2000.

I want to point out that certain people in this thread, after saying they
had no intention of putting me down in personal terms or trying to
intimidate me away from speaking my mind, repeatedly used language about me
that obviously had that intention.

Also, to act as if these groups exist for no other purpose than giving and
receiving help, so that we cannot DISCUSS the software that is under
discussion, is not acceptable. I will continue to have questions about Word
2007 (not for myself at the moment, but for someone I'm helping with it),
and along with those questions there inevitably arises the issue of Word
2007's horrendous interface and the costs resulting from the wholesale
destruction of the previous interface. For people just to accept the 2007
interface and never comment on it, would turn us into the mindless slaves of
Microsoft.

Someone mentioned that the next version of Word may "pull back" a bit from
the extreme dismantling of Word that was done in 2007. If that is true, it
may have something to do with the ability that exists in these groups to
discuss Word, its good points and its bad points, frankly and freely.

I know certain MVPs disagree with me and disapprove of me on this issue,
but, as has already been said, if they feel that way, they can always ignore
those posts of mine that they feel add nothing useful.

Larry





"LurfysMa" wrote in message
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:47:10 -0500, "Beth Melton"
wrote:

What are you talking about? Larry hasn't moved beyond Word 97. And based
on
the several years I've been around these newsgroups, and him, I've never
seen anyone force him to do anything he doesn't want to do. ;-)

Again, I don't think this is the point. Larry was not accusing anyone
here of forcing him to do anything (other than listen to Greg's temper
tantrums). His point was that MS is forcing him by replacing the tool
he knows with one that he does not like and, unlike the car analogy,
he cannot easily just keep his old clunker or buy a car from another
company. I happen to agree with his point. It's a valid point.

But, if he's still on Word 97, then I have to withdraw my support. I
am happily humming the theme song from *Thoroughly Modern Millie*
while running Word 2000 on Win 2000. No clunkers for me.


"LurfysMa" wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 02:08:38 -0400, "Greg Maxey"
wrote:

I think you have completely missed Larry's point. If you like the new
product or if you are willing to spend hours learning new techniques,
that's great. Larry's point is that MS has forced him to do so.



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Running Word 2000 SP-3 on Windows 2000