Excel is just as annoying as oocalc. :-)

^C when you've clicked on the entry bar at the top? You get what's in 
the bar.

^C when you've clicked on a cell with a date in it? Excel conveniently 
adds a CRLF to the copy buffer.  Which wouldn't normally be a problem, 
except for the stupid tax software that won't ignore the CRLF at the end 
of the date.

Don't even get me started on tax software.

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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> ^C when you've clicked on a cell with a date in it? Excel conveniently 
> adds a CRLF to the copy buffer.

  That's what happens when the program tries to outsmart the user.

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Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> ^C when you've clicked on a cell with a date in it? Excel conveniently 
>> adds a CRLF to the copy buffer.
> 
>   That's what happens when the program tries to outsmart the user.

+12

This is the number #1 thing that makes Word so damn hard to operate - it 
keeps trying to "guess" what you're trying to do, and do it for you. HCI 
experts agree this is highly counter-productive...

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> +12
>
> This is the number #1 thing that makes Word so damn hard to operate - it 
> keeps trying to "guess" what you're trying to do, and do it for you.

Every time Word uses some AutoCorrect feature it pops up a small blue 
rectangle if you hover over the object that has been automatically modified. 
If you click this you will get a menu, and one of the options is always 
"Stop using blah blah blah" which will turn off that option permanently.

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"scott" <sco### [at] laptopcom> wrote in message news:47f0b598@news.povray.org...
> > +12
> >
> > This is the number #1 thing that makes Word so damn hard to operate - it
> > keeps trying to "guess" what you're trying to do, and do it for you.
>
> Every time Word uses some AutoCorrect feature it pops up a small blue
> rectangle if you hover over the object that has been automatically
modified.
> If you click this you will get a menu, and one of the options is always
> "Stop using blah blah blah" which will turn off that option permanently.
>
Or you can go to the menu and disable them all.

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>> This is the number #1 thing that makes Word so damn hard to operate - 
>> it keeps trying to "guess" what you're trying to do, and do it for you.
> 
> Every time Word uses some AutoCorrect feature it pops up a small blue 
> rectangle if you hover over the object that has been automatically 
> modified. If you click this you will get a menu, and one of the options 
> is always "Stop using blah blah blah" which will turn off that option 
> permanently.

Interesting concept. And which version of Word is that?

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>> Every time Word uses some AutoCorrect feature it pops up a small blue 
>> rectangle if you hover over the object that has been automatically 
>> modified. If you click this you will get a menu, and one of the options 
>> is always "Stop using blah blah blah" which will turn off that option 
>> permanently.
> 
> Interesting concept. And which version of Word is that?

2003, see attached screenshot

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"scott" <sco### [at] laptopcom> wrote in message
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> 2003, see attached screenshot

I'm pretty sure 2007's the same. Can check next time I use the laptop.

If you're still using 2000, you'll have to go to the menu to change the
options (see attached)

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scott wrote:
> is always "Stop using blah blah blah" which will turn off that option 
> permanently.

Yah, as opposed to Open Office, which will pop up a little paperclip 
(sorry, lightbulb) that tells you what it just did, and what search 
terms to type into google to learn how to keep it from doing that next 
time, without any way of undoing what it just did. ;-) Usability 
differences... ;-)

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     "That's pretty. Where's that?"
          "It's the Age of Channelwood."
     "We should go there on vacation some time."

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