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Subject:Reference books you use the most From:"Lutey Amanda L" <LuteyAmandaL -at- JohnDeere -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 13 Mar 2002 09:52:37 -0600
>Subject: Reference books you use the most
>From: "Nealon, Jessica" <Jessica -dot- Nealon -at- McKesson -dot- com>
>Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 11:03:16 -0500
>X-Message-Number: 38
>I've been reading all the entries for this subject with great interest and
I
>just have one question: Among all the thesauri and dictionaries, doesn't
>anyone (Word users, particularly) use SHIFT + F7 when they need a word?
You
>get a list of synonyms. I have always found it to be all I need. Does
this
>make me an amateur? :-)
I stopped using Word's thesaurus when I discovered that a lot of words that
used to be in it were removed because they had been determined to be
"offensive".
I get prickly about anything that has the faintest whiff of censorship. I
can make my own judgements about what words are appropriate to use, I don't
need my software to do that.
> Amanda L. Lutey
> Publications Information Specialist
> John Deere Worldwide Commercial & Consumer Equipment Division
> * Email: <mailto: LuteyAmandaL -at- johndeere -dot- com>
> *Internet: http://www.JohnDeere.com
>
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