Re: OT? Ode to Word

["Starr, Mike (MED)" <Michael -dot- Starr -at- AMERMSX -dot- MED -dot- GE -dot- COM>]

My reply was a serious reply not meant to be rude at all. If I were to
take a project for a client with Interleaf as the client's tool of
choice then complain bitterly because I wasn't able to make it jump
through hoops like I can with my own native tool, then someone else
would be just as justified in saying the same sorts of things about me.
Obviously, Jacque wasn't qualified to accept the project. I have
absolutely no sympathy for someone in that kind of situation. If you
expect me to substitute "kindness" for telling the truth about when
someone misrepresents their abilities, don't hold your breath. Believe
me, I wasn't even beginning to be unkind. Jacque deserved to be
criticized.

Mike

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        From:   Backer, Corinne[SMTP:CBacker -at- glhec -dot- org]
        Sent:   Friday, June 04, 1999 3:10 PM
        To:     Starr, Mike (MED); 'TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU'
        Subject:        RE: OT? Ode to Word

        Perhaps it's just me, but Mike's comment seems very rude and
completely
        unnecessary. Could we try to maintain some level of civility and
        professionalism on this exchange? I know it would make me much
more
        comfortable when conversing with my colleagues if they made an
effort to
        display common human kindness.

        Thanks,
        Corinne Backer

        > -----Original Message-----
        > From: Starr, Mike (MED)
        > Sent: Friday, June 04, 1999 3:07 PM
        > To:   TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
        > Subject:      Re: OT? Ode to Word
        >
        > Hi, Jacque
        >
        > It appears to me then that your client selected the wrong
consultant.
        > Someone who knew the tool could have made it jump through
hoops just as
        > easily as you claim to be able to do with Pagemaker or Quark.
        >
        > Mike
        >
        > You wrote:
        >
        > Date:    Thu, 3 Jun 1999 19:45:36 -0700
        > From:    Jacque Foreman <foremangraphics -at- JUNO -dot- COM>
        > Subject: OT? Ode to Word
        >
        > Hi All -
        >
        > I have just finished a document for a client who had to have
it done in
        > Word so he could modify it at his office. It took
approximately 20 hours
        > to do what would have taken at most 1-1/2 hour if I had
created it in
        > either PageMaker or Quark.
        >
        > I wish I could write a humorous story, but, alas my mind
doesn't seem to
        > work that way. So instead I am sharing this cathartic poem
that was
        > wrought out of frustration. If you like it, I also write
rhyming speaker
        > introductions. --Enjoy!
        >
        > Ode to Word
        >
        > Doing things in Word is easy they say
        >      But after working with it, I don't see it that way.
        > Someone has decided just how things should look
        >      After searching and searching, there's no clue in the
book.
        >
        > I finally, after hours, get things just where I want
        >      And when I look back, where it was, it is not.
        > I look around, and as I'm beginning to rage,
        >      I find the copy -- Word made a new page.
        >
        > I didn't ask it to alter my copy or think
        >      But the wizard did this without even a wink.
        > So I look in the book and follow directions
        >      To keep Word from making unwanted corrections.
        >
        > But nothing does work as the book says it will.
        >      The frames and their copy won't seem to stay still.
        > They jump around for no rhyme and no reason;
        >      Try as I might there is no way to freeze'em.
        >
        > But I, who can make PageMaker and Quark jump through hoops
        >      Find Word undecipherable and made up of loops
        > That allow copy in frames to jump all over the place
        >      And move in a flash into undesigned space.
        >
        > So it is thus that much of my time is wasted
        >      On documents where parts don't stay pasted
        > In this program I find to be so absurd;
        >      Known to all as Microsoft Word.
        >
        > Jacque, Foreman Graphics - c1999
        >
        > Jacque - Graphic Designer / Typesetter - Excellence by Design
        > since 1972 - Pen & Ink Renderings of homes & Bldgs. &
portraits from
        > photos, Brochures, Ads, Flyers, Packaging, Business Forms,
Manuscripts,
        > etc. - Amway Dealer - email: foremangraphics -at- juno -dot- com
        > Rendering Samples: http://www.abacus-es.com/foreman
        >
        > --
        > g
        > _____________________________________
        > Mike Starr
        > Global Educational  Solutions
        > Telephoine:     414 574-8964
        > Fax:            414 574-8615
        > Email:          Michael -dot- Starr -at- med -dot- ge -dot- com
        >
        >
        >
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