I think "Office Basic" is going to replace Microsoft Works. I think it includes Word, Excel and Outlook, and maybe Powerpoint. (Microsoft website is blocked from my school.) It's only available to OEMs.
Psst. They aren't random. I've never had to click on more than two tabs on the Ribbon to find the right command. Just think about it a bit first.
However, the UI change from 2003 to 2007 is a real problem for some users. I guess you've never really watched an inexperienced person try to use a word processor. *sigh*
Microsoft has *already* released Office to manufacturers (AFAICT this means they're making the master disks and the DVDs now), the business launch is the end of this month, the consumer launch is at the end of January, and they've said multiple times that there is no such option and there will not be one.
The non-UI changes (lots of extra conditional formatting in Excel, palettes, picture effects such as shadows) would be a lot of effort to put into the classic UI, so I doubt it'll ever happen.
It's worth noting that the keyboard shortcuts from older version (e.g. Alt-F, S) still work.
I recieved this one from UCAS technical support several times:
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Most egregious mistakes in bold.
The conversation was another priceless one. The problem was a contradiction on their website. (Specifically on the "apply" area). I sent a screenshot, explained the problem and gave them my User-Agent string.
First they wanted me to check again, clear my cookies, and send them my ID number. I explained that the cookies weren't the problem, tried again anyway, and sent them my ID.
Then they caught on that I was using Firefox and that they "unfortunately" don't support for Firefox or test with it. (They do support Netscape Navigator 4.08, though). They didn't even log on using my ID to see whether the problem was there. (It only takes a click or two to reproduce). I sent them the same screen taken from Internet Explorer.
Finally they proved unable to see which of the 6-ish pages the problem was on. IT WAS IN THE SCREENSHOT! *sigh*grumble*grumble* Of course, every message was from a different technician. Hum hum.
And why does everybody keep banging on about some "Vista DRM"? Apart from the change in WMP11 (not allowing you to back up your licenses), I don't see the problem. (I don't have any protected files anyway.)
For normal users, the Ubuntu installer ("Applications -> Add/Remove") is much nicer than Synaptic or Adept. It's almost futile to find the right (GNOME-like, does the right thing) program in Synaptic without its name.
re section 6: It says "if turned on". That means it's *OFF* by default. (Actually it probably displays an annoying prompt early on to get you to make a decision, decorating the "on" choice with a green tick and "(recommended)". Still.)
You should be glad they didn't continue with their original plans for a "Small Business" version. (There was internal resistance in MS for so many versions, so they toned it down a little.)
No, because when you zoom in you often see entirely different things. (If all the roads were part of some giga/terapixel image, zooming out would show you sort of yellow-white blob. It doesn't.)
Similarly for the satellite images. At different levels, it shows you different images.
In Vista, MS Update does not require a web browser. They also wanted to add support for third-party apps (see Paul Thurrott's "the road to vista" part 2) but that was, unsurprisingly, CUT.
If students can do something important with right-click, you've done something wrong. The only thing I can think of is setting permissions on files to public, but they shouldn't have any way to traverse the network to see other people's files.
This leads to stuff like opening Microsoft Word Save dialog to make a new folder.
Vista (and XP) are perfectly multi-user. They could allow Remote Desktop + Local Desktop session simultaneously. They've just restricted you so that it doesn't hurt their Terminal Server business.
"Run" is a godsend for people doing tech support. It breaks all barriers of Windows versions. (Consider getting somebody's IP address through the control panel. Control panel as a menu on the start menu, or as an item? Classic or categorised view? etc etc)
Actually, they are extremely funny in the right setting. "Person posts them on online forum" is not it.
Recently in math class, somebody just said to the teacher, "sir, did you know Chuck Norris can break walnuts with his eyelids?" - it just catches people off-guard.
No, in the first paragraph he uses an example to show correlation does not imply causation.
In the second paragraph he suggests an intermediary link between IQ and BMI which might explain the results. The right thing to do would be to statistically analyse the original data (assuming it is large enough) to discount the effect of lower wages or lower social class.
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It isn't a service from Microsoft. It's a peer-to-peer DNS-like system.
I think "Office Basic" is going to replace Microsoft Works. I think it includes Word, Excel and Outlook, and maybe Powerpoint. (Microsoft website is blocked from my school.) It's only available to OEMs.
Psst. They aren't random. I've never had to click on more than two tabs on the Ribbon to find the right command. Just think about it a bit first.
However, the UI change from 2003 to 2007 is a real problem for some users. I guess you've never really watched an inexperienced person try to use a word processor. *sigh*
Microsoft has *already* released Office to manufacturers (AFAICT this means they're making the master disks and the DVDs now), the business launch is the end of this month, the consumer launch is at the end of January, and they've said multiple times that there is no such option and there will not be one.
The non-UI changes (lots of extra conditional formatting in Excel, palettes, picture effects such as shadows) would be a lot of effort to put into the classic UI, so I doubt it'll ever happen.
It's worth noting that the keyboard shortcuts from older version (e.g. Alt-F, S) still work.
It says, "press any key". Not "press *the* any key."
;), they don't.
The only problem could be somebody thinking the mouse buttons/case buttons count as keys. Oddly
Most egregious mistakes in bold.
The conversation was another priceless one. The problem was a contradiction on their website. (Specifically on the "apply" area). I sent a screenshot, explained the problem and gave them my User-Agent string.
First they wanted me to check again, clear my cookies, and send them my ID number. I explained that the cookies weren't the problem, tried again anyway, and sent them my ID.
Then they caught on that I was using Firefox and that they "unfortunately" don't support for Firefox or test with it. (They do support Netscape Navigator 4.08, though). They didn't even log on using my ID to see whether the problem was there. (It only takes a click or two to reproduce). I sent them the same screen taken from Internet Explorer.
Finally they proved unable to see which of the 6-ish pages the problem was on. IT WAS IN THE SCREENSHOT! *sigh*grumble*grumble* Of course, every message was from a different technician. Hum hum.
"I Am Not A Layer"
Really?
Here's another idea.
Stay with XP!
And why does everybody keep banging on about some "Vista DRM"? Apart from the change in WMP11 (not allowing you to back up your licenses), I don't see the problem. (I don't have any protected files anyway.)
For normal users, the Ubuntu installer ("Applications -> Add/Remove") is much nicer than Synaptic or Adept. It's almost futile to find the right (GNOME-like, does the right thing) program in Synaptic without its name.
Will their ever be a PC sufficiently fast? Yes. Will their be a machine which can play ordinary Windows Media streams through a VM? Yes.
re section 6: It says "if turned on". That means it's *OFF* by default. (Actually it probably displays an annoying prompt early on to get you to make a decision, decorating the "on" choice with a green tick and "(recommended)". Still.)
It *is* a security patch. Jeez.
You should be glad they didn't continue with their original plans for a "Small Business" version. (There was internal resistance in MS for so many versions, so they toned it down a little.)
Similarly in the UK, as found by the Advertising Standards Association.
How about mine?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:R3m0t
Seriously: not everybody's page is like that.
That's a limit on the decompression program.
No, because when you zoom in you often see entirely different things. (If all the roads were part of some giga/terapixel image, zooming out would show you sort of yellow-white blob. It doesn't.)
Similarly for the satellite images. At different levels, it shows you different images.
In Vista, MS Update does not require a web browser. They also wanted to add support for third-party apps (see Paul Thurrott's "the road to vista" part 2) but that was, unsurprisingly, CUT.
Right-click?!? Why?
If students can do something important with right-click, you've done something wrong. The only thing I can think of is setting permissions on files to public, but they shouldn't have any way to traverse the network to see other people's files.
This leads to stuff like opening Microsoft Word Save dialog to make a new folder.
MS has said that the Vista requirements have deliberately been upped to indicate that this is the minimum for a useful system.
Vista (and XP) are perfectly multi-user. They could allow Remote Desktop + Local Desktop session simultaneously. They've just restricted you so that it doesn't hurt their Terminal Server business.
"Run" is a godsend for people doing tech support. It breaks all barriers of Windows versions. (Consider getting somebody's IP address through the control panel. Control panel as a menu on the start menu, or as an item? Classic or categorised view? etc etc)
(If you use firefox) How is "(ctrl-n) alt-d tab pie" quicker than "(ctrl-n) alt-d http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie"?
Actually, they are extremely funny in the right setting. "Person posts them on online forum" is not it.
Recently in math class, somebody just said to the teacher, "sir, did you know Chuck Norris can break walnuts with his eyelids?" - it just catches people off-guard.
No, in the first paragraph he uses an example to show correlation does not imply causation.
In the second paragraph he suggests an intermediary link between IQ and BMI which might explain the results. The right thing to do would be to statistically analyse the original data (assuming it is large enough) to discount the effect of lower wages or lower social class.