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RE: What Are the Main Problems You Have with MS Word?
Subject:RE: What Are the Main Problems You Have with MS Word? From:David Farbey <David -dot- Farbey -at- lazysoft -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 29 May 2002 11:37:46 +0100
Keith Cronin wrote:
>The main problem I see is that people do not get the training they need to
>get Word to do what they want it to to. One reason for this is that it's
>possible for even neophytes to get immediate results with Word. So they
>never bother to dig deeper.
>
>Everybody I know who uses Frame or Robo spent some time TRAINING, whether
>it was through self-study using aftermarket books, online tutorials, or
>actual classes and seminars. In contrast, nobody I know has taken a Word
>class, and only a scant few have bothered to buy a book or two about the
>application.
I think that it's exactly because Word is so pervasive/ubiquitous that
managers are less likely to approve a budget for a Word training course than
they are for say a FrameMaker training course, which only exacerbates and
perpetuates the problems.
(Most people who use Word probably understand less then 5% of it. My
colleagues think I'm a Word "power user" because I understand maybe 7.5% of
it!)
David Farbey mailto:david -dot- farbey -at- lazysoft -dot- com
Technical Writer
Lazy Software Ltd., UK http://www.lazysoft.com
Phone: 01628-642314
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