Comments on: Dueling office suites, lovable software http://unifiedforever.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/dueling-office-suites-lovable-software/ Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:26:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: unifiedforever http://unifiedforever.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/dueling-office-suites-lovable-software/#comment-1348 unifiedforever Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:22:37 +0000 http://unifiedforever.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/dueling-office-suites-lovable-software/#comment-1348 A decent amount of what you can put on the toolbar has a keyboard shortcut for its menu bar entry, though I'll agree with you that it isn't as elegant having to look elsewhere. There really isn't any reason why toolbar buttons couldn't display the keyboard shortcut of their associated menu bar item, nor why contextual menu items also couldn't do this. It's just sloppy, really. Ah, well. A decent amount of what you can put on the toolbar has a keyboard shortcut for its menu bar entry, though I’ll agree with you that it isn’t as elegant having to look elsewhere. There really isn’t any reason why toolbar buttons couldn’t display the keyboard shortcut of their associated menu bar item, nor why contextual menu items also couldn’t do this. It’s just sloppy, really. Ah, well.

]]> By: alf http://unifiedforever.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/dueling-office-suites-lovable-software/#comment-1347 alf Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:06:59 +0000 http://unifiedforever.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/dueling-office-suites-lovable-software/#comment-1347 I miss being able to access anything on the toolbar using just they keyboard, Word 2007 was amazing in that regard. I miss being able to access anything on the toolbar using just they keyboard, Word 2007 was amazing in that regard.

]]> By: unifiedforever http://unifiedforever.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/dueling-office-suites-lovable-software/#comment-1343 unifiedforever Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:21:32 +0000 http://unifiedforever.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/dueling-office-suites-lovable-software/#comment-1343 Pages is also Mac only, unfortunately. But really, if there were a Windows version, you would still balk at paying for it? If Word is really and truly something that you 1) have to use every day, and 2) loathe, then wouldn't a modest investment of $80 be worth it to dramatically improve your writing experience? Also, Word is anything but free; just because it came with your computer or you found someone to give it to you, doesn't mean that it's free in any way, shape, or form. If you want Word but free, try OpenOffice. Pages is also Mac only, unfortunately. But really, if there were a Windows version, you would still balk at paying for it? If Word is really and truly something that you 1) have to use every day, and 2) loathe, then wouldn’t a modest investment of $80 be worth it to dramatically improve your writing experience?

Also, Word is anything but free; just because it came with your computer or you found someone to give it to you, doesn’t mean that it’s free in any way, shape, or form. If you want Word but free, try OpenOffice.

]]> By: Rob http://unifiedforever.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/dueling-office-suites-lovable-software/#comment-1341 Rob Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:57:29 +0000 http://unifiedforever.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/dueling-office-suites-lovable-software/#comment-1341 Well that's awesome. I'm utterly disgusted by Microsoft Word, which makes it super-fun that I have to use it every day. Sadly, Pages is just a wee bit out of my optimum price range ("Free"), So I'm stuck with M.Office '03 for... quite a while. Well that’s awesome. I’m utterly disgusted by Microsoft Word, which makes it super-fun that I have to use it every day. Sadly, Pages is just a wee bit out of my optimum price range (“Free”), So I’m stuck with M.Office ‘03 for… quite a while.

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