Is there a "stop sucking so much" option for MS Word?

[Lul Thyme]

I say go for Latex just cuz thats what I use but I dont really care.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Originally posted by Asher
Courier New is for code, Arial (size 12) or Verdana (size 10) for text.

If I'm reading printed material, I prefer serif fonts to sans-serifs like Ariel and Verdana. I'm not crazy about Times New Roman, but the standard alternatives all look the same to me.

[Sikander]

I hate just about every Microshaft application I've ever come across. Word is no different. I'd rather use anything else. How is it that such a large and successful company like Microshaft can without fail produce the worst application of the bunch while at the same time put the others out of business?

[loinburger]

Originally posted by Asher
I wish people would stop using Times New Roman. It's an awful, ugly font.

I prefer Ariel, but the ACM is still using Times New Roman. Meh, what can you do?

Originally posted by snoopy369
You might want to consider using Powerpoint for things like that.

I hadn't thought of that -- I'll give it a shot today.

[Japher]

wow, fonts?!

my favorite is wingdings... but I can't read a thing that is writen in it

[Aabraxan]

I hate MS-Word. I miss WordPerfect. I switched jobs about two years ago and had to switch to MS-Word. I even offered to buy my own copy of WP to use. No dice. I must use MS-Word for work. I miss the "reveal codes" option, which made my life much, much easier. I hate that deleting section breaks in MS-Word undoes formatting changes that I made above the section break. I hate the way margins and double-indenting in MS-Word work. I hate the "reading layout" that MS-Word uses when I open a document from email. For me, the list goes on and on. Apparently, no, there's no "stop sucking so much" option for MS-Word. I've customized mine just about as far as you can w/o tinkering with the underlying programming and, yep, MS-Word still sucks.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Sikander
I hate just about every Microshaft application I've ever come across. Word is no different. I'd rather use anything else. How is it that such a large and successful company like Microshaft can without fail produce the worst application of the bunch while at the same time put the others out of business?

Name calling and sweeping generalizations from simpletons is sooooo elementary school. Grow up.

[Arrian]

Trebuchet MS

-Arrian

[Ecthy]

I think if you treat that optical problem with a hammer long enough it will go away all by itself

[x] <-- hit here for solution of problem

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
If I'm reading printed material, I prefer serif fonts to sans-serifs like Ariel and Verdana. I'm not crazy about Times New Roman, but the standard alternatives all look the same to me.

Old style serif typefaces are indeed superior for blocks of text. San serif types are only good for short fragments such as headers.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


Old style serif typefaces are indeed superior for blocks of text. San serif types are only good for short fragments such as headers.

I also prefer sans serif on screen; if you're making letters out of pixels, you're better off with cleaner lines. But I agree about blocks of text, absolutely; I have somewhere a book printed entirely in a sans serif font and, though its by one of my favorite essayists, I find it unreadable.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
I also prefer sans serif on screen; if you're making letters out of pixels, you're better off with cleaner lines.

Yup. Screen resolution has quite a ways to catch up with print resolution.

[Whaleboy]

Edwardian Script and Times New Roman