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Miscellaneous => Applications => Topic started by: Stilly on 20 September 2003, 07:31

Title: I had forgotten how bad word was...
Post by: Stilly on 20 September 2003, 07:31
yesterday I was taking a history test(for whatever reason he makes us take our tests on computers running XP) and I was writing an essay and went back through and put the little cursor in the middle of a paragraph and started typing and it went over everything I had already put. after spending about a minute i was able to make it stop doing it but it wasted a piss load of time
Title: I had forgotten how bad word was...
Post by: CaptainCool on 20 September 2003, 23:46
That's why you have to make sure the "insert" isn't on.
Title: I had forgotten how bad word was...
Post by: TB on 21 September 2003, 01:17
Do I really have to provide the following address?

http://www.openoffice.org (http://www.openoffice.org)

I'm proud to say I used this package to write my Chemistry undergrad thesis.......and plan on using it when I do my Honours.
Title: I had forgotten how bad word was...
Post by: Fett101 on 21 September 2003, 01:19
What... because he doesn't know about the Insert button, or the OVR on the bottom display of MS office products, he should switch to Open Office?

[ September 20, 2003: Message edited by: Fett101 ]

Title: I had forgotten how bad word was...
Post by: Stilly on 21 September 2003, 01:31
insert eh, fuck I wish I'd known that instead of hitting return and doing all sorts of weird shit.
when did they put that it I don't remember this on word that i have on this comp but its the same one that i had on an old perofrma running OS7.5


but its a school computer and they won't put open office on it

[ September 20, 2003: Message edited by: The Stiller ]

Title: I had forgotten how bad word was...
Post by: jasonlane on 21 September 2003, 03:13
quote:
Originally posted by Fett101:
What... because he doesn't know about the Insert button, or the OVR on the bottom display of MS office products, he should switch to Open Office?

[ September 20, 2003: Message edited by: Fett101 ]


No, there are better reasons to switch to open office than that.
Title: I had forgotten how bad word was...
Post by: hm_murdock on 21 September 2003, 12:56
school computer?

do it for them

not like they're gonna get busted for piracy by the open source dudes

I HATE SHITTY SCHOOL IT DUDES. I LAID THE ONE AT MY SCHOOL OPEN WITH A BOWIE KNIFE AND THEN ATE HIS INNARDS.

oh... wait. you didn't hear that from me. and if yuo did, I said something else
Title: I had forgotten how bad word was...
Post by: Calum on 21 September 2003, 19:58
i cannot believe they make peoplesit exams on a computer. that should be illegal regardless of how stable the software is.

what is the justification for gods' sake? to do a history test you should not need to know how to use software.