I want to take the opportunity to tell you what a game changer an explanation you gave was for me. I'm good at WP, and I love WP. But in my retirement as a practitioner I do ghost-research and writing for other attorneys — almost all of whom use Word. I have dipped my toe into Word more times than I can count. I even signed up for your basics class a number of years ago. Never even opened it, and I quit every self-guided, impossibly short, foray into Word mumbling, "I hate Word, it makes no sense."
Recently, I began working for an attorney who needs me to make format corrections — in Word. I turned to the Web to learn. Yeah, ah, no. I clicked the link in one of your emails (I'm a subscribed) and while cruising opened a recent piece you posted about exactly my thoughts, the "it's so counter-intuitive" article. Thank you.
You encourage those making the transition from WP to Word, or at least adding Word to their repertoires, to avoid comparing the two. Neither formatting program is "intuitive," it's only what we know. If we keep the idea that the two programs are simply different and, critically, are built from different perspectives, we only have a learning curve — not a "Word-is-stupid-compared-to-WP" reaction.
Years ago, I hated "Star Trek: The Next Generation" because it is so different from the original. My brother told me to stop comparing the two and watch "The Next Generation" merely as a new show. 100% difference; changed my mind, changed my mindset. Because of that experience, your article urging users to approach Word as different, neither better, nor worse, than WordPerfect resonated. It was a lightbulb moment, if you will. I'm now working my way through the basic class I purchased lo these many years ago, love learning from the ground up, and don't fight my way through the projects with my new attorney. Thank you, thank you, thank you for continuing to post the basic idea in different ways. We all bring different experiences, professional histories and pain tolerances to learning anything new. Saying something just that much differently reached me in my Word Siberia in a way I've never seen before. And the course is great.
I have looked through everything that I can think of regarding the Changing of Text, and I am unable to find it in Microsoft 365? any suggestions?
This may be different depending on which program I will have when I find another employment
I want to take the opportunity to tell you what a game changer an explanation you gave was for me. I'm good at WP, and I love WP. But in my retirement as a practitioner I do ghost-research and writing for other attorneys — almost all of whom use Word. I have dipped my toe into Word more times than I can count. I even signed up for your basics class a number of years ago. Never even opened it, and I quit every self-guided, impossibly short, foray into Word mumbling, "I hate Word, it makes no sense."
Recently, I began working for an attorney who needs me to make format corrections — in Word. I turned to the Web to learn. Yeah, ah, no. I clicked the link in one of your emails (I'm a subscribed) and while cruising opened a recent piece you posted about exactly my thoughts, the "it's so counter-intuitive" article. Thank you.
You encourage those making the transition from WP to Word, or at least adding Word to their repertoires, to avoid comparing the two. Neither formatting program is "intuitive," it's only what we know. If we keep the idea that the two programs are simply different and, critically, are built from different perspectives, we only have a learning curve — not a "Word-is-stupid-compared-to-WP" reaction.
Years ago, I hated "Star Trek: The Next Generation" because it is so different from the original. My brother told me to stop comparing the two and watch "The Next Generation" merely as a new show. 100% difference; changed my mind, changed my mindset. Because of that experience, your article urging users to approach Word as different, neither better, nor worse, than WordPerfect resonated. It was a lightbulb moment, if you will. I'm now working my way through the basic class I purchased lo these many years ago, love learning from the ground up, and don't fight my way through the projects with my new attorney. Thank you, thank you, thank you for continuing to post the basic idea in different ways. We all bring different experiences, professional histories and pain tolerances to learning anything new. Saying something just that much differently reached me in my Word Siberia in a way I've never seen before. And the course is great.
Wow! I can’t tell you how much I appreciate that, Mary. Thanks for taking the time to leave that feedback.
I have looked through everything that I can think of regarding the Changing of Text, and I am unable to find it in Microsoft 365? any suggestions?
This may be different depending on which program I will have when I find another employment