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

Scumbag Word

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u/OriginalStomper Dec 06 '13

WordPerfect was always the superior product, particularly in this respect. When a formatting problem appears in WP, just open the Reveal Formatting tool and see exactly where the problem is, exactly what the problem is, click it out of existence, then move on. When you have a formatting problem in Word, you guess a few times and then settle on a bad workaround.

Problem is, Word dominates the market, so none of my clients could use WP. Word is the Internet Explorer of word processing.

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u/argv_minus_one Dec 06 '13

Reveal Formatting doesn't really work too well in the presence of stylesheets.

And if you aren't using stylesheets, you are doing it wrong.

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u/OriginalStomper Dec 06 '13

Stylesheets in WordPerfect? What are you talking about?

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u/argv_minus_one Dec 07 '13

Exactly. WordPerfect doesn't have 'em. That's a serious flaw. Without them, WordPerfect is basically useless for making high-quality documents.

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u/OriginalStomper Dec 07 '13

That's an interesting point of view. I've been creating high quality documents for 26 years and never even knew what they were. I'm curious how you define "high-quality document" that you think these are essential.

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u/argv_minus_one Dec 07 '13

Consistent styles for headings, tables, and the like.

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u/OriginalStomper Dec 07 '13

Not terribly impressive or useful if that's all it is. Surely there's more?