Evelyn,
 You are correct!  And my personal (not shared with the Web) correspondence
with Debbie was as follows:
"Debbie,
 Opps...I forgot to mention that "one is almost always most comfortable
with the software one learns first."  Every good trainer of software
applications is well aware of that idiom.  Of course, as software becomes
more sophisticated and more "people friendly," that idiom is changing...for
obvious reasons!
Rusty"

-----Original Message-----
From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org]On Behalf
Of Evelyn J. Ford
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 12:49 PM
To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
Subject: Re: Macs and PCs; WP vs. MS-Word

Rusty --

Thanks for your comments.  On my part, I do try to decide if I should reply
to the list or only to the sender -- sometimes I make the right choice,
sometimes I don't.  I agree that it's important for us to share, but I
think Debbie thought perhaps

My experience matches yours, although more often than not I find that
people prefer the software that they originally learned and then match
their rationale to that choice.  This is usually because they have figured
out how to make the program work for them, which often includes a lot of
work-arounds to get it to do exactly what they want!  The most often-cited
reason for WordPerfect over Word is indeed the "reveal codes" issue.

Hope to hear from others!

-- Evelyn

At 12:15 PM 5/4/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Debbie,
>I hate to disagree with you, but I think all of us could benefit from your
>open  "discussions" of Mac vs. PC.  I think many of us would appreciate
>factual and unbiased discussions which will assist us in deciding whether
or
>not we should provide service to our faculty on both platforms.
>
>I also would be very interested why you prefer WP over MS-Word.  In asking
>around my area, I have sensed that the reason most who prefer WP do so
>because they like the patented "reveal codes" feature of that product.
>(MS-word does have a similar feature albeit perhaps not as comprehensive or
>well known.)
>
>Most that prefer MS-Word like the compatability with a large number of
other
>programs,especially the Office Suite, the ease in document conversions and
>the universal acceptance factor among others.  Your thoughts would be
>appreciated.
>Sincerely,
>Rusty Okoniewski, Interim Director
>IFAS Sponsored Programs
>University of Florida
>G022 McCarty Hall-D
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>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org]On Behalf
>Of Deborah (Debbie) L. Smith
>Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 10:00 AM
>To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
>Subject: Re: Macs and PCs
>
>
>Evelyn--
>
>Please send me your direct e-mail address so we can "chat" without
bothering
>the rest of the list.
>
>I think most of our folks use Word . . . although I liked Word Pefect
>better, myself.
>
>Debbie
>
>xxxxxx@utmem.edu
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org]On Behalf
>Of Deborah (Debbie) L. Smith
>Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 10:00 AM
>To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
>Subject: Re: Macs and PCs
>
>
>Evelyn--
>
>Please send me your direct e-mail address so we can "chat" without
bothering
>the rest of the list.
>
>I think most of our folks use Word . . . although I liked Word Pefect
>better, myself.
>
>Debbie
>
>xxxxxx@utmem.edu
>
>
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