On 17/04/2011 17:14, Darren New wrote:
> On 4/17/2011 7:50, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> Obviously I don't happen to have a specific item to hand for the
>> purposes of
>> this argument. But there's been plenty of times when I've wondered "where
>> the hell is the button for X?" or "what does this option mean?"
>
> My memory is that when you ask, most people can find an answer for you
> in the docs with a tiny bit of searching.

There was a time when searching the manual meant, you know, actually 
turning pages. I think back when MS used to *print* the manual, they 
perhaps put more effort into making it worth the paper it's printed on. 
 From what I've seen, today if you ask for help in the latest version of 
Office, it just takes you to a publicly editable wiki. Great...

>> Apparently the
>> description for every such thing is "no help found". Gotta love that, eh?
>
> I had indeed noticed that. Note that the same UI element carries over in
> the libraries to this day, in the form of a Help URL on every widget. :-)

Most dialogue boxes have a "help" button right next to "OK" and 
"cancel". Rarely does it actually /help/ you though...

>> $20 for a word processor isn't expensive. $200 is.
>
> I think it depends on what the word processor does. There are free ones,
> there are inexpensive ones, and there are expensive ones. So use the
> free one.

In reality, MS Word is /the only/ word processor that anybody ever uses. 
I tiny few people might use OpenOffice these days, but most people have 
never heard of it. To them, a word processor = MS Word.

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