Re: Macs and PCs; WP vs. MS-Word Domenica G. Pappas 05 May 2000 23:31 EST

At 03:48 PM 05/04/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>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
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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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