Stupid Word

April 9th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Dear Microsoft Word,
Please stop trying to outsmart me. I promise you that I really want to select the letters I drag the mouse across, and not the surrounding words.

Thanks,
–Brock

This is one reason why journals should not require submissions in MS Word format. Gar.

Tags: Tech · Writing

2 responses so far ↓

1 RJS // May 3, 2007 at 08:41

Hey Brock,

Lifehacker had an article on how to make Word less annoying, and I believe it covers this. In any case, it’s worth reading for Word power-users…

http://lifehacker.com/software/word/alpha-geek-make-microsoft-word-less-annoying-244859.php
2 brock // May 13, 2007 at 15:07

Thanks! That did the trick. I try to avoid Word but a lot of journals now require it. The menu sequence is a little different on a mac but the option is the same.