[ILUG] [way OT] Word 2003 problems...

[P J]

>On 11 Jul 2005, at 17:12,Niall O Broin wrote:

>Google might have been a good place. And the problem was not at all 
>obscure, if you know anything about Word use at all. And if you don't 
>perhaps some training or reading might be in order.

I disagree... I think most people would consider this problem reasonably 
obscure.  Its difficult to read the Word manual when you dont even know the 
question that you are trying to ask.  Interesting that your solution to this 
technical problem is to "read the manual or get some training". A gracious 
and classy response.


>On 11 Jul 2005, at 17:12,Niall O Broin wrote:

>Well, this is the mailing list of the Irish LINUX Users Group. You can take 
>it as read that anything related to Linux is fair game. The relationship 
>can be tenuous in the extreme, but it's usually there.

Accepted, but I MIGHT have been using Word on Linux.  It is possible, and 
its also possible that my problem might have arisen from using Word on 
Linux.  No one even asked if this was the case.  Also, I have been looking 
at past threads and some of them have to be looked at very very closely to 
establish any link with Linux.  Perhaps there is one rule for the non-techie 
newbie and another for friends of Niall?

Perhaps it was my mention of MS Word that raised the blood of the 
anti-Microsoft zealots amongst you.  Must be difficult to carry all that 
rage inside.

If the purpose of the ILUG is to promote and support the use of Linux and 
Open Source software, some people here need to rethink their startegies.  My 
(short admittedly) experience of this mailing list has left me with the 
impression that some contributors are technological snobs who have a very 
large chip on thier shoulder, and would rather tell someone to go and "get a 
training course" than provide some help, and mention politely that this 
might not be the appropriate forum to ask a similar question in the future.

Thank you very much to all who had the good manners to attempt to answer my 
question.  To some other respondents... well done for slapping down and 
alienating the newbie.

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