I hate sodding Windows XP and I hate PCs
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From: Pd on 22 May 2010 05:08 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > <http://i.msdn.microsoft.com/Cc872782.Ribbon01(en-us,MSDN.10).png> Perhaps this is a silly question, but how much screen is left for actual document? Whenever I boot into Windows, I'm surprised by how much real estate is used for UI controls, and usually quite wastefully. -- Pd
From: Woody on 22 May 2010 05:19 Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > <http://i.msdn.microsoft.com/Cc872782.Ribbon01(en-us,MSDN.10).png> > > Perhaps this is a silly question, but how much screen is left for actual > document? Whenever I boot into Windows, I'm surprised by how much real > estate is used for UI controls, and usually quite wastefully. In that toolbar though one click on the 'home' tab will take that whole thing away. In the previous toolbar interface you can't do that, you would have to open and close all the toolbars manually. -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Rowland McDonnell on 22 May 2010 07:36 T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: [snip] > And I've never been a typist hence have no knowledge of this 'Word' of > which he speaks. ;-) There are ways of entering words that do not involve Word (a nice little WP from Psion) and do not involve being employed as a typist, you know. Some typists don't even use the WP called Microsoft Word. I think I've never actually /used/ MS Word for any job of text presentation, except to use it to open an MS Word file so I could get the data into a form whereby a competent bit of software could munch on it. > The final fly in the ointment is that whilst this change from Macs may > make sense from a Corporate POV (I know, bizarre or what?) [snip] What, reducing efficiency, reducing productivity, lowering staff morale, and increasing costs makes sense from a corporate POV? <shrug> Who knows? Rowland. (who once saw productivity and morale etc reduced by the old Amstrad PC8512/8256s running Wordstar 2000 under blah-DOS vIforget being replaced by Win 3.11 for Workgroups and MS Word v2. V numbers might be slightly wrong. Thing was, the old rig worked, the staff could use it, the new stuff was installed improperly configured and the staff given no training on the new software.) -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Pd on 22 May 2010 08:04 R <me32(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > > > Perhaps this is a silly question, but how much screen is left for actual > > document? > > > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3156/2678853923_03290db5b2.jpg Nice one! -- Pd
From: The Older Gentleman on 22 May 2010 10:02
R <me32(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > > > Perhaps this is a silly question, but how much screen is left for actual > > document? > > > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3156/2678853923_03290db5b2.jpg <G> -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com |