On 6/26/2010 5:42 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> J. Clarke wrote:
>> On 6/25/2010 3:53 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>> sf wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:17:18 -0500, Janet Wilder
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> sf wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:26:15 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2010-06-24, sf > wrote:
>>>>>>>> I just discovered by accident that if you're saving a Word document
>>>>>>>> (recipe), hit F12 and the last folder you saved to comes up
>>>>>>>> instantly.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I didn't know!
>>>>>>> What's a "Word document"?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> You don't use Microsoft anymore.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> I don't. I use Word Perfect which will open and create Word (*.doc)
>>>>> files for me very nicely. I also use Open Office which is free.
>>>>>
>>>>> I need a "grown-up" word processor. Word is fine, if you've never
>>>>> used anything else. Once you have, Word just doesn't cut it. JMHO
>>>>
>>>> I have both Open Office and Word Perfect. HATE both of them and think
>>>> Word is the grown up word processor.
>>>>
>>>
>>> My guess is that you only need a very basic word processor. Open Office
>>> and Word Perfect are more sophisticated and do a lot more things, but
>>> they do require a learning curve.
>>
>> What things would those be?
>
>
> Creating macros is probably the hardest.

Uh, Word has a "record macro" button and once the macro is recorded if
you need to modify it there's a very capable subset of Visual Basic
available to you. So it is not correct to say that Open Office and Word
Perfect are more capable in that regard, although they may have less of
a learning curve.

> The program does come with a
> whole bunch of stuff already programmed like newsletters, calendars,
> letterhead. Very easy to work with. I am often doing newsletters for
> organizations and the ability to do them on WP then "publish" them to a
> *pdf for emailing is something that I just love.

<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f1fc413c-6d89-4f15-991b-63b07ba5f2e5&displaylang=en>

> I have several graphics
> programs that do newsletters, but none that give me the freedom that WP
> does.

What can you do in a newsletter in Word Perfect that you can't with Word?

> I also do calendars for the family as holiday gifts and use photos from
> our travels for each month. WP lets me customize each calendar for each
> set of families with remarkable ease compared to even a specific-purpose
> calender.

Never tried to do calendars--WP might be more capable there. But what
kind of customization do you want to do that is difficult with Word?

> The creation of mailing lists and databases is very, very easy. From
> data list to lets say a label sheet is just a step.

And this is different in Word how?

> I love the "reveal codes" feature and that's what I really miss with Word.

Why? The only use I ever had for "reveal codes" in Word Perfect was
when a code got deleted. Never had that problem with Word.