tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post6642191911440247805..comments2024-01-30T12:46:10.810-05:00Comments on Yappa Ding Ding: Why Does Word Suck So Bad?Yappahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18126433451905766475noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-89457751502100255792013-06-18T07:22:22.207-04:002013-06-18T07:22:22.207-04:00... oh god.
I am so sorry - feel free to delete t...... oh god.<br /><br />I am so sorry - feel free to delete the extra comments.<br /><br />And here I was thinking I was a robot!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-43602159270961748582013-06-18T07:21:26.143-04:002013-06-18T07:21:26.143-04:00Second Anon up there ---
For those interested in ...Second Anon up there ---<br /><br />For those interested in (La)TeX, a few bits of reading:<br />http://fluff.info/terrible/<br />http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1756<br />http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/110133<br /><br />If you are still interested, check out http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/tb23-2/tb74flynn.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-54896740983289657572013-06-18T07:21:12.079-04:002013-06-18T07:21:12.079-04:00Second Anon up there ---
For those interested in ...Second Anon up there ---<br /><br />For those interested in (La)TeX, a few bits of reading:<br />http://fluff.info/terrible/<br />http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1756<br />http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/110133<br /><br />If you are still interested, check out http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/tb23-2/tb74flynn.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-48055208426810487112013-06-18T07:20:57.664-04:002013-06-18T07:20:57.664-04:00Second Anon up there ---
For those interested in ...Second Anon up there ---<br /><br />For those interested in (La)TeX, a few bits of reading:<br />http://fluff.info/terrible/<br />http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1756<br />http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/110133<br /><br />If you are still interested, check out http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/tb23-2/tb74flynn.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-55045241006230004442013-06-18T07:20:48.798-04:002013-06-18T07:20:48.798-04:00Second Anon up there ---
For those interested in ...Second Anon up there ---<br /><br />For those interested in (La)TeX, a few bits of reading:<br />http://fluff.info/terrible/<br />http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1756<br />http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/110133<br /><br />If you are still interested, check out http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/tb23-2/tb74flynn.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-4884841117381835092013-06-18T07:20:31.267-04:002013-06-18T07:20:31.267-04:00Second Anon up there ---
For those interested in ...Second Anon up there ---<br /><br />For those interested in (La)TeX, a few bits of reading:<br />http://fluff.info/terrible/<br />http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1756<br />http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/110133<br /><br />If you are still interested, check out http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/tb23-2/tb74flynn.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-57981949158858769852013-06-06T10:04:21.884-04:002013-06-06T10:04:21.884-04:00Oh man, this has made me happy to read. I've ...Oh man, this has made me happy to read. I've been a long time LaTeX user, and it has taken me longer to figure out how to format my citations in Word than it did when I was just starting in LaTeX!!!! The whole business is absurd. There's something wrong when it's easier to manually input citations than it is to use the tool.<br /><br />I wrote my thesis in LaTeX, and I can't imagine having to do that in Word--probably would have a lot more gray hair than I do now. I love the idea of turning off all of Office's 'smart' features.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-74921980668556877482013-04-09T12:02:14.884-04:002013-04-09T12:02:14.884-04:00I have been at computers since punch card days. I...I have been at computers since punch card days. I've worked with real-time assembly-level code, and have written code and done GUI development in FORTRAN, LISP, Basic, MATLAB, C, various macro languages as needed, etc. In all my days I have never seen anything as intractable as MS Word. They bullied their way into the market, displacing far superior products such as WordPerfect (at least for technical writing), and now since it's the industry <i>de facto</i>, I'm being forced to transition.<br /><br />I have no words bad enough to describe the level of frustration this program gives me - I have tried several different tasks this morning to modify a report format:<br /><br />- change page no. format - clicked on the new format, but it didn't change. So I selected the full field, tried again. No change.<br />- it took several re-selections/re-clicks to make it change the page no. value.<br />- Once I got the footer the way I wanted it, I wanted to save the footer style to the "library" - but that option was grayed out.<br /><br />These are specific comments, but it's this way <i>all the time!</i> Nothing about the program is even remotely intuitive other than typing a word or two.<br /><br />I've tried Open Office (not bad, anything but Word) and I've actually maintained a WordPerfect license on my own nickel here at work to avoid the transition. There's just something about a word processor that works <i>for</i> you that I find attractive... but MS will continue to dominate because it's the 800 lb gorilla in the market.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-10901254188971249012013-03-20T19:00:59.130-04:002013-03-20T19:00:59.130-04:00I searched for "Why does MS-Word Suck so Bad&...I searched for "Why does MS-Word Suck so Bad" and, yup, here I am.<br /><br />This is, without a doubt, the buggiest mainstream application I have used. Unfortunately, it's now the word processing standard, so at my company I'm stuck with it. The arbitrary formatting--and the Undoing that does not Undo--makes me want to pull my hair out. The squid analogy was an apt one. <br /><br />I hate it. Whoever coded this should be ashamed. They could have a great program if they focused on bug fixes instead of feature "enhancements" that most users admit are unnecessary and just add bloat. Give me a stable word processor with decent formatting (and wide use) and you'll have a disciple. Instead, you have an irate user (who also teaches at a tech college) who gives his 2 cents to his students.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-61653939524596579542013-01-04T11:32:52.418-05:002013-01-04T11:32:52.418-05:00My job deals with writing, so we heavily rely on W...My job deals with writing, so we heavily rely on Word. Some of the "recommendations" this program gives me make my head spin. Not to mention the fact that it is constantly getting in my way trying to offer "assistance" that is a pain in the ass more than anything.<br /><br />I'd love to know how many students got an F on their papers because they blindly went with every asinine correction Word recommended. Trusting Word's grammar corrections is like trusting Stevie Wonder as a driving instructor.BGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-52592554330638090122012-10-10T11:07:03.214-04:002012-10-10T11:07:03.214-04:00I feel so much better after reading some of the en...I feel so much better after reading some of the entries here. Thought I was psycho cuz Word 2010 was doing inexplicable buggy things. Now I know I'm not alone! So what if Word still sucks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-69669629872038165562012-10-05T10:09:25.973-04:002012-10-05T10:09:25.973-04:00The people who make Word are psychopaths. They ac...The people who make Word are psychopaths. They actually delight in knowing that every day, millions of people the world over are frustrated beyond measure by their product. That is why "numbering" has sucked for over a decade... They would no sooner fix a bug than you (a normal person) would deliberately put a stone in your shoe--it is anathema to them. They are the same people who deliberately drive slowly in the fast lane, because they love to make people angry.<br />They live their dreams, getting paid very well to do what they love more than anything else in the world, to increase human suffering. On the weekends they torture puppies and kittens, and make children cry. They are monsters who deserve no happiness, but since there is not one trace of justice anywhere in the universe, they are among the happiest people ever to have lived. I personally insult all people who have ever worked on developing Microsoft Word. I hate you all, you perverted sickos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-76686245303456589072012-10-04T03:01:41.204-04:002012-10-04T03:01:41.204-04:00The options were punch the screen or google "...The options were punch the screen or google "why does word suck" and here I am on the Werd Rage blog. Love your work people! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-10711681064844376092012-08-11T12:22:11.516-04:002012-08-11T12:22:11.516-04:00My company recently forced me to "update"...My company recently forced me to "update" from Office 2007 to Office 2010. The first time I had to revise a document originally created in Word 2007, Word 2010 deleted 90% of the original formatting. Paragraph numbers, billeted lists, tables - everything. I went into an unending menu string, and found what appeared to be a way to turn off all of the ways Word auto-screws documents. Opened an earlier version of the document, made the changes again and saved it with a new name. Opened both the old and new versions, and Word had now screwed up the formatting on both versions - including the one I DID NOT SAVE CHANGES on, just opened and closed.<br /><br />Our Corporate IT group can't figure it out, but won't re-install Word 2007 because "it is no longer supported".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-46741645760369903502012-07-05T21:25:14.155-04:002012-07-05T21:25:14.155-04:00I was wondering why there is so little hate sites ...I was wondering why there is so little hate sites for word. Everytime its a fight against futility. <br />A half hour work turned in a 4 hour hell of everchanging format.<br />Good thing there was a storm to cool me off because it took to long.AllezFlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07968983427507198105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-26986525926890707602012-06-29T11:08:06.827-04:002012-06-29T11:08:06.827-04:00I'm using Word 2007. After years of struggling...I'm using Word 2007. After years of struggling with older versions and finally learning how it works, quirks and all, I now find they've (a) hidden all the useful dialog boxes deep in the bowels of the ribbon or (b) separated things miles apart - eg "convert text to table" and "convert table to text" used to be on the table menu and now they're 12 clicks apart. You can't even access the table menu unless a table already exists. And don't get me started on Styles. They've made them nearly impossible to use. Heading styles 1, 2 and 3 are essential for any properly formatted document. Only Heading 1 appears on the "recommended list" along with some weird shit that no one in their right mind would use. It remember idiotic stuff and applies it when you don't want it, but it never remembers things that you do over and over and over and over again. In every document, and add to the template, and add to the Quick Styles list. Nope, it starts over fresh every effing time. What a waste of time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-7344102302901759632012-03-30T10:42:07.957-04:002012-03-30T10:42:07.957-04:00Please excuse my English, I'm a Brit in the UK...Please excuse my English, I'm a Brit in the UK. Having worked with PageMaker, Ventura, Quark, FrameMaker and InDesign, having to produce docs with Word feels like a prison sentence. Horribly unfriendly, it just gets worse with every release.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-29495277832718599382012-01-17T17:59:21.629-05:002012-01-17T17:59:21.629-05:00Googling Microsoft word followed by various explet...Googling Microsoft word followed by various expletives/sucks is the only thing that gets me through the day. Company policy, I can not install anything on the machine so word 2007 it is, perfect for those 120 page 33,000 word documents, with pictures of varying formats.<br /><br />What bugs me:<br />Point numbering<br />Page numbering<br />Indenting<br />Auto anything<br /><br />Does not even print the fricking pictures. No Microsoft, what kind of idiot would spend 4 days formatting the whole document and want it to print out exactly as it looks, even in print preview. Go ahead, change whatever you want, I didn't like that photo anyway, and that numbering system, of course I want it to start at 8 not 1, i'm not an imbecile.<br /><br />They can only get Windows right 50% of the time. ~3.1 Good, 95 Bad, 98 Good, ME abortion, XP Very good, Vista %$&@£#, 7 Good. I wouldn't touch Windows 8 even if they paid me, and they won't, I'd have to pay them.<br /><br />And breathe, thanks for the vent...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-90519094972380544452012-01-11T01:02:36.080-05:002012-01-11T01:02:36.080-05:00Ahhh what a relief...to find that I'm not the ...Ahhh what a relief...to find that I'm not the only one who thinks that Word is a putrid abomination ejected from Satans anus...like all of you here I sneeringly put 'Why does word suck so bad' into Google out of pure frustration at its constant tics breakdowns and hiccups (Im calling it the Bobcat Goldthwait of software), just to vent more than get an answer...but im pleased to see that im not the only one...I'm a designer...Ive used a myriad of software that is required to do VASTLY trickier things than MS Turd and yet they seem to do it reasonably well...they even obey my commands! Consistently! Shock! Horror! Back to Adobe products for me boys and girls...abandon hope, all ye who enter MS Office!Leroy Van Winklenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-17239142624358434802011-09-21T21:38:55.794-04:002011-09-21T21:38:55.794-04:00Today I got so frustrated with how crappy the word...Today I got so frustrated with how crappy the word art feature has become that I typed "why does word suck so much?" into Google, only to find this page. I have gone from frustrated and wanting to throw my laptop to immense amusement that I am not the only person typing my complaint into Google :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-71660651710926017362011-07-11T20:11:02.608-04:002011-07-11T20:11:02.608-04:00I thought I was going nutty? Then I typed in "...I thought I was going nutty? Then I typed in "Why does Word suck so bad?" And here I am with other people who also found Word 7, as useful as bailing out the Titanic with a teaspoon! I purposely wrote bad grammar, and it said it was fine? STUPID! What a waste of space on my computer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-39485213197207308222011-03-25T09:16:49.291-04:002011-03-25T09:16:49.291-04:00I know this was made reaally long ago but I sure a...I know this was made reaally long ago but I sure as heck agree with you.<br />I just made a 9-page report for a project but then when I was finally going to save it my computer screen suddenly froze. I am so frustrated! I wasn't able to save my file....<br /><br />Seriously...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-43189108113480398972011-02-11T14:38:41.724-05:002011-02-11T14:38:41.724-05:00yes, I searched for 'Why does Word Suck so Bad...yes, I searched for 'Why does Word Suck so Bad' and was thrilled to see an exact match. At least I'm not alone. It took me half an hour to find the fricken help and it's online, not in the document like it used to be... and where are the g-damned templates?!<br />It's like from the book Illuminatus- they are trying to deprogram us through distraction via stupidity and the inane. I'm convinced. No logical person would create a program this bad.sherry-leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-52058762159115811502011-01-11T09:29:37.880-05:002011-01-11T09:29:37.880-05:00Pages is good. I also find Bean incredibly refresh...Pages is good. I also find Bean incredibly refreshing- but I think its only for Mac. I am at present struggling with a document filled with mysterious invisible codes and styles..I feel your pain. Nasty.purplefionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05636005525538120056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-54645580300378116082011-01-10T16:38:06.171-05:002011-01-10T16:38:06.171-05:00I have purchased and used 2007, 2008, 2010, and 20...I have purchased and used 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2011 - they are all very buggy. Your giant squid metaphore is accurate. Worst experience I have ever had using a computer. The MS technician told a few weeks ago to not use DOCX files. This was in Dec 2010...<br /><br />2011 won't print images if they are placed in a text box - and saved as a docx. The fix: save it as a doc file. This is not a workaround, this is an MS reach-around. I have experienced about 30 major and minor bugs that have cost me 100+ hours of wasted time. Cross referencing ALWAYS fails. I have seen text wraps disconnect from text boxes, and simple text formatting that is impossible to fix. Chaos theory in action. Paperclip on ATARI 800 was better.<br /><br />Try Pages - it is like a cool summer breeze ; )Marc Pelletierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16591767535112473588noreply@blogger.com