GOP Nominee
Former Candidates
So I’m at my parents’ house getting ready for a hearing today. I realize that I’ve forgotten an Excel ™ document. No problem, I think. I’ll just print it downstairs.
They have Windows Vista. I can’t find “print.” Seriously.
No problem, I think. I’ll just pull up Help.
I can’t find “Help.”
Grrrrr.
May 16th, 2008 at 9:02 am
That’s funny Sean, I had to call over one of my coworkers once to find how I could print something. You’ll figure it out though.
May 16th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Sean, try a Mac. They’re great, especially the newest Intel based iMac. Once you go Mac you’ll never go back!
May 16th, 2008 at 9:31 am
click on that dopey looking round button in the top left corner.
May 16th, 2008 at 9:35 am
May 16th, 2008 at 9:46 am
BTW, does anyone have any thoughts on the new Mac Airs?
May 16th, 2008 at 9:53 am
From what I’ve heard they only have 1 USB port which is a huge problem for me. Otherwise I would own one this very minute.
May 16th, 2008 at 10:14 am
I’ve sure struggled with Office 2007’s “ribbons”. I think after 6 months I’m finally getting the hang of where stuff is.
May 16th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Think of all the resources Microsoft has wasted fighting the DOJ and EU… perhaps they should have just let Janet Reno design their products after all. Of course, you would only be able to print if you held the two female cable connectors together.
May 16th, 2008 at 11:00 am
BTW: Ctrl+P
It works just about anywhere on any version of Windows in almost all Windows applications.
May 16th, 2008 at 11:14 am
The Office 2007 ribbons are annoying, but what really bothers me is the changes to PowerPoint and Publisher.
I design a lot of flyers, and I used to rely heavily on the ability to strech and customize text using the “WordArt” feature…which has now been changed so the text cannot be stretched at all.
Way to go Microsoft…you’ve caused me a lot of trouble.
May 16th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Gotta love the new ribbon interface: inadvertantly complicating your lives through trying to simplify things. They should make a classic mode default or something
May 16th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
That’s Office 2008, not Vista, technically. Vista is a pain when you first start using it - but once you’ve got all your programs installed and you relearn the interface, it’s not too bad. I upgraded even my XP machines to Office 2008 because I needed a feature in Access 2008 (the first time I ever needed Access at all I discovered I needed Access 2008) and yes I am not a fan of the ribbon, but I’ve gradually learned where things are. It’s like they took all the buttons and commands from Office 2003, put them in a hat, shook it up, and dumped it on the ugliest, clumsiest UI ever conceived. I even managed to figure out how to put a print button on the quick access bar next to that thrice-cursed goofy round office button!
May 16th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Please ignore the rank chauvinism of the recently converted.
Get a Mac.
I’ll never do Windows again!
SJR
The Pink Flamingo
May 17th, 2008 at 11:42 am
My complaints with Vista:
* No telnet installed by default, WTF? And when I tried to install with MS Control Panel, never got through the process
* No easy way to get to the run menu
* Navigation seems better in some cases, clumsier in others
* It is slower than molasses unless you have a really beefy machine
* IPV6 installed by default and automatically tries to obtain an IP and then causes problems
Many many more…