Re: Index vs. Search?

[Jay Maechtlen <techwriter -at- covad -dot- net>]

Stuart Burnfield wrote:
> I had a similar experience when learning WordPerfect. I wanted to look 
> up the section on selecting text. After a very long time spent searching 
> the index and riffling through the books, I eventually discovered that 
> what other WPs called 'select' WordPerfect called 'block'. There was a 
> SELECT function in the manual but it was about something unrelated.
> 
And speaking of strange terms, how about "spike"?
I know the name is taken from the office implement, but how many of us
nave actually used the physical item?
How many actually use the "spike" in MS Word?

cheers
Jay
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