>> 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...
>
> Yeah. MS and everyone else seems to have been going downhill in this
> regard. Is Apple as bad, or is their documentation (for programmers)
> actually useful and all?

I couldn't say. It just seems that everybody is putting less effort into 
documentation these days.

> I think programming has turned into a social endeavor, where who you
> follow on twitter is as important as having read the manuals.

There was a time when learning to program meant, you know, learning your 
complexity classes and stuff, not just knowing what the command syntax is...

>> In reality, MS Word is /the only/ word processor that anybody ever
>> uses.
>
> So, then, obviously not too expensive.

I guess that's why so many people steal it, yes...

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