At 12:40 AM 27/08/2006, Scott Sipe wrote:
That and our legacy macros are the reason we use WP over Word. Reveal
codes (ALT+F3 is it? :-P) is a truly great feature. I just wish the
rest of the software didn't have so many issues.
Yeah, Alt-F3. Not sure why Word doesn't implement something like
At 01:09 AM 27/08/2006, Winterlight wrote:
At 08:40 PM 8/26/2006, you wrote:
On Aug 26, 2006, at 6:13 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote:
At 02:30 PM 26/08/2006, Scott Sipe wrote:
I have to say that WordPerfect is an absolute POS. You think MS is
WordPerfect and reveal codes blows the doors off
dhs wrote:
Thane, Richard, Chris, Greg, Anthony, Harry, et. al.
Thanks for all your discussion. Yes, confirmed "flash drive" with nephew. It appears that
the current W98SE is not dealing with the current flash drive. I suspect that this
machines OS has not been kept up to date
At 04:15 PM 25/08/2006, Christopher Klein wrote:
I haven't used Open office that much but are the commands and formulas the
exact same in open office? Vlookup and everything else is exactly the same?
Pretty much. And if I'm hiring a person to do spreadsheets and he
can't learn a new syntax
At 01:04 AM 26/08/2006, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
do you people really think that universities choose software just
for student use?
One would assume that's at least one of the criteria. The best tool
for the job is the one I'd go with. But free and open would have to
be pretty important.
At 02:30 PM 26/08/2006, Scott Sipe wrote:
I have to say that WordPerfect is an absolute POS. You think MS is
WordPerfect and reveal codes blows the doors off every other word
processor. Haven't had to deal with security issues since I'm the
only person on the planet who uses it. :)
T
At 07:58 AM 26/08/2006, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
One would assume that's at least one of the criteria. The best
tool for the job is the one I'd go with. But free and open would
have to be pretty important. There's a local university here that
for years standardized on MS Office because MS
At 08:03 AM 26/08/2006, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
Once again, you don't know what you're talking about. You're so
blinded by your hate of MS that you can't get passed it. Your
problem, not mine.
Once again, you prove it's impossible to have a discussion with you
without it turning nasty
Thane Sherrington wrote:
o? That's why you hate MS, right?
Hate MS? No, I love MS. Without them, I'd have to find other
employment. Please don't put words in my mouth.
T
I have been following this thread with interest.
I don't hate M$.
I just think they are overblown and are in it
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At 03:15 PM 8/25/2006, Christopher Klein typed:
However, learning Access in an MIS/CIS program is quite important. Not
all
corporations run SQL
On Aug 26, 2006, at 1:53 PM, Bryan Seitz wrote:
On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 03:15:43PM -0400, Christopher Klein wrote:
There was no slam on Harry at all Thane. It's not just simply
learning
simple tasks. Sure anyone can learn how to type a paragraph in word.
However, learning Access in an
On Aug 26, 2006, at 6:13 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote:
At 02:30 PM 26/08/2006, Scott Sipe wrote:
I have to say that WordPerfect is an absolute POS. You think MS is
WordPerfect and reveal codes blows the doors off every other word
processor. Haven't had to deal with security issues since
On Aug 26, 2006, at 9:15 PM, Chris Reeves wrote:
I have clients who use all sorts of DB technologies. I actually have
respect for the fluid nature of FileMaker Pro, I always loved DBIV,
I -love-
Alpha Five v. 7, and really.. Microsoft has one of the best DB
tools out
there in Visual
At 08:40 PM 8/26/2006, you wrote:
On Aug 26, 2006, at 6:13 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote:
At 02:30 PM 26/08/2006, Scott Sipe wrote:
I have to say that WordPerfect is an absolute POS. You think MS is
WordPerfect and reveal codes blows the doors off every other word
processor.
Word 2003 has
On Aug 27, 2006, at 12:09 AM, Winterlight wrote:
At 08:40 PM 8/26/2006, you wrote:
On Aug 26, 2006, at 6:13 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote:
At 02:30 PM 26/08/2006, Scott Sipe wrote:
I have to say that WordPerfect is an absolute POS. You think MS is
WordPerfect and reveal codes blows the
At 08:19 PM 24/08/2006, dhs wrote:
Sis calls and says oldest son needs a jump drive for college
course work. What is a jump drive?
USB flash drive.
I know the old 20GB eide hd (and Win98se) has to go. I am
suggesting 100GB+.
If money is tight, I can't see why you couldn't keep the 20GB
If the University isn't using Open Office already, then it's time they
start (or look at another, more forward thinking, university.) Most of
the universities around here are standardizing on Open Office (and I'm in
Canada, which is about five years behind the US.)
Are you seriously
Greg Sevart wrote:
If the University isn't using Open Office already, then it's time
they start (or look at another, more forward thinking, university.)
Most of the universities around here are standardizing on Open Office
(and I'm in Canada, which is about five years behind the US.)
Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
Greg Sevart wrote:
If the University isn't using Open Office already, then it's time
they start (or look at another, more forward thinking, university.)
Most of the universities around here are standardizing on Open
Office (and I'm in Canada, which is about five
At 09:33 AM 25/08/2006, Greg Sevart wrote:
If the University isn't using Open Office already, then it's time
they start (or look at another, more forward thinking,
university.) Most of the universities around here are
standardizing on Open Office (and I'm in Canada, which is about
five
At 01:02 PM 25/08/2006, Harry McGregor wrote:
Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
Greg Sevart wrote:
If the University isn't using Open Office already, then it's
time they start (or look at another, more forward thinking, university.)
Most of the universities around here are standardizing on Open
Not at all. I'm saying that if a university forces you to use MS Office
Pro, walk away. That sort of thinking shows serious blinders in the
unversity's thinking. You should be able to write papers using copy con
on an XT for all they care.
T
and which university was your alma mater?
Thane Sherrington wrote:
At 09:33 AM 25/08/2006, Greg Sevart wrote:
If the University isn't using Open Office already, then it's time
they start (or look at another, more forward thinking, university.)
Most of the universities around here are standardizing on Open
Office (and I'm in
At 09:33 AM 25/08/2006, Greg Sevart wrote:
If the University isn't using Open Office already, then it's time they
start (or look at another, more forward thinking, university.) Most of
the universities around here are standardizing on Open Office (and I'm
in Canada, which is about five years
At 02:04 PM 25/08/2006, Winterlight wrote:
Not at all. I'm saying that if a university forces you to use MS
Office Pro, walk away. That sort of thinking shows serious
blinders in the unversity's thinking. You should be able to write
papers using copy con on an XT for all they care.
T
At 02:09 PM 25/08/2006, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
That's not at all what you said, Thane. You said simply that if they
aren't already using open office they aren't forward thinking and
one should consider another school. That's really silly. No
university forces any one (other than employees
McGregor
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Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
Greg Sevart wrote:
If the University isn't using Open Office already, then it's time
they start (or look at another, more forward thinking, university
.
Harry
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Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
Greg Sevart wrote
At 03:47 PM 25/08/2006, Christopher Klein wrote:
entering the corporate world or most areas of IT need to learn MS office.
Not open office...but the actual MS office. MS office is used by the
You raise a good point. But I would suggest that university should
be teaching you how to think,
ready to take EasyOffice
ClarisWorks Pro or whatever :)
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At 03:47 PM 25/08/2006, Christopher Klein wrote:
entering the corporate world or most areas of IT need to learn MS office
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Here's the other cold reality. Office xp and up, which many
universities require has document tracking. This allows a prof to
see how many times
Thane Sherrington wrote:
At 02:09 PM 25/08/2006, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
That's not at all what you said, Thane. You said simply that if they
aren't already using open office they aren't forward thinking and one
should consider another school. That's really silly. No university
forces
Thane Sherrington wrote:
At 03:47 PM 25/08/2006, Christopher Klein wrote:
entering the corporate world or most areas of IT need to learn MS
office.
Not open office...but the actual MS office. MS office is used by the
You raise a good point. But I would suggest that university should be
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here's the other cold reality. Office xp and up, which many universities
require has document tracking. This allows a prof to see how many times a
document was revised, how many pcs opened the document
A great number of profs view this as very important because it
Sis calls and says oldest son needs a jump drive for college course work.
What is a jump drive?
In any case, the talk then moves on to whether to buy a new pooter or upgrade
the current
machine. It is an AMD 1000M TBird on an Abit KG7-lite mb. Not certain about the
ram but think
it is
really the software that kicks you in the ass.
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Sis calls and says oldest son
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Sis calls and says oldest son needs a jump drive for college course work.
What is a jump drive?
In any case, the talk then moves on to whether to buy a new pooter or
upgrade the current
machine. It is an AMD 1000M TBird on an Abit KG7-lite mb
Reeves
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Woof. OK, how tight is really tight? If I were him, I would look at doing
this:
Get a 761GX Motherboard, ($50) a 2800+ Processor AM2 ($52) 512MB ($34)
change the HDD say an 80G ($46
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Well, I know some colleges require XP Pro. I know in Wesleyan, Pro is
needed
to connect to the network. Luckily, they sell the upgrade at the school
bookstore. :| Check with school before you purchase.
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