Numbering

[D. Hall]

I recently switched from Office 97 (which I had used for
years) to Office 2000 Small Business due to a recent
problem I was having with Word taking 15-20 seconds to
save a new document and/or close documents, for which no
one in my local area seemed to have an answer.

So, after the switch to 2000 I have come to the
conclusion (after muuuuch wasted time and loooots of
frustration with numbered lists, including customizing),I
finally found information here that pretty much tells me
numbered lists are a waste of time. The same goes for
capitalizing the first word in a sentence after a number
ending with a period in the previous sentence. Again,
after researching Word problems, I find this is also a
problem. At least I did not have these problems in Word
97.

I have not yet checked out the links listed in previous
postings, but it seems to me that these are such basic
parts of a word processing program that the "omission" of
these seems ludicrous. I have looked for downloads to
these problems, but apparently there are none -
unbelievable. As a medical transcriptionist, I spend
many hours typing and then having to spend lots of extra
time (in this case time equals money lost) dealing with
these very basic items does not leave me feeling very
good about Microsoft Word 2000.

 

[Anon]

As a medical transcriptionist, I spend
many hours typing and then having to spend lots of extra
time (in this case time equals money lost) dealing with
these very basic items does not leave me feeling very
good about Microsoft Word 2000.

If you don't need to use Word, you might check out Lotus Word Pro
from IBM. The numbering features are flexible and stable (as is the
rest of the program), and you can save to and open from MS Word and
other formats. Try the current version, which is 9.8.1.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Apart from the general whinge, it might help if you explained what problem
you are having. Most of the issues relating to numbered lists can be
overcome with the correct use of paragraph styles, and the capitalisation
can be turned on/off from tools > autocorrect. In fact I guess most of your
problems are attributable to the autoformat as you type options. Turn off
all those you don't really need.

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[Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCASE CHARACT]

Take a look at the following page of fellow MVP Shauna Kelly's website:

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/index.html

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Failure to capitalize after numbers is in fact a nuisance introduced in Word
2000, and there is no cure for it except using the Shift key, of which there
are two on evry keyboard. Complaints about failures of AutoCorrect just show
how lazy and dependent on these features we have become. <g>

 

[D. Hall]

Thank you for the reply on capitalizing after numbers.
Prior to my first post, I had found, on one of the
Microsoft sites, the explanation you gave. It is very
frustrating as I do not rely on Autocorrect to capitalize
my words.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for the suggestion on Word Pro - I think I will
check it. Very unhappy with Word 2000.

 

[Word Heretic]

G'day <[email protected]>,

WordPerfect 8.0 has total Word compatibility and no bugs. Very nice.

Steve Hudson
Word Heretic Sydney Australia
Tricky stuff with Word or words

Email: WordHeretic at tpg.com.au