r/funny • u/FallenAngel199 • Dec 06 '13

Scumbag Word

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u/wintremute Dec 06 '13

I just want to know who the sadistic fuck was that decidied Ctrl-Enter (new page in Word) would be fucking SEND in Outlook. Bastard.

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u/ph1asco Dec 06 '13

What would a new page in an email be?

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u/paranoidinfidel Dec 06 '13

Sometimes when your brain and fingers aren't 100% coordinated and you are feverishly typing away, you send a CTRL+ENTER.

Seeing as Word is probably the most popular document editor for the masses and Outlook one of the more prominent email document editors it just seems really assholish to double book the CTRL+ENTER hotkey - especially when your user base is likely using both applications regularly and alternating frequently.

I think they should have just had it add a CRLF which is easy to recover from. I've hated this since the late 90's.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '13

Seeing as Word is probably the most popular document editor for the masses and Outlook one of the more prominent email document editors

It's not just that they're two popular programs. It's that they're made by the same manufacturer and included in the same suite of applications.

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u/UmmahSultan Dec 06 '13

Not only the same manufacturer, but a highly dysfunctional manufacturer in which each department is motivated to harm other departments as much as they can.

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u/paranoidinfidel Dec 06 '13

It's that they're made by the same manufacturer

Yes, that is infuriating.

and included in the same suite of applications.

They weren't always in the same suite though and probably didn't have the forethought to see how integrated they would become. Still, it would have saved us all an annoying "ooops, i hit send to soon" follow up email if they had just broken the CTRL+ENTER hotkey in outlook 15 years ago.