Invisible wrote:
> Sure. But why couldn't they have added a button that says "yes, I 
> actually know how to operate a computer, please stop screwing up all my 
> formatting and just do what I tell you to do, not what you 'think' I 
> want you to do". 

They did. You're apparently not expert enough to know where the button is. :-)

For years, I wondered why everyone was complaining about a paperclip. Turns 
out I'd never done the default install and always turned off "Office 
Assistant", knowing I was expert enough not to need anything called that.

> Or maybe released a seperate version of the software 
> for experts or something. 

They did. It's called LaTeX.

> It's maddening trying to build a document with 
> complex formatting and having to constantly revert the automatic, 
> non-deterministic changes that Word keeps applying.

Hmm. I find Word's automation in that area quite useful and usually exactly 
what I want and expect. When it isn't, the little drop-down menu on each 
automatic change makes it easy to fix whatever is wrong.

> Well, I guess it depends who you think Access is actually aimed at.

I think the idea was it would be a back-end database for simple data 
collection programs. For example, it's apparently what my scuba computer 
uses when I store the details of scuba dives on the computer.

> Presumably products like SQL Server are designed to be used 
> by experts - and, correspondingly, don't have the irritating wizards.

SQL Server has the helpful wizards, instead.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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   "No, I have Chopstick Tunnel Syndrome."

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