Re: MS Word screws up yet ANOTHER project?

["Raj Machhan" <raj -dot- machhan -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Hi Dan,

Great to see that my name figures prominently among the users of MS Word. :)
Thanks for the info.
This could be partially 'coz I did not leave any stone unturned to get
myself out of the 500 page situation. I did compile a list of do's and
dont's after our discussion on the list and applied them to the document.
Thank you once again because without your help my 500 pages of work would
have been a total waste.
However, despite learning the ideal ways to use MS Word, it remains the
least preferred application for large documents. No matter how we use
it, Word tends to develop a mind of its own, which refuses to comply to
human commands, after a point. Too many issues.

On Dec 12, 2007 6:55 PM, Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
wrote:

> Hi Raj,
>
> I Googled this question on TECHWR-L, and guess what? Your name came up
> on the very first page! Jonathan West replied to *you* about this in
> August. So did I. We gave you some very simple steps for successfully
> creating large Word documents. Did you follow our advice in creating
> your document?
>
> 500 pages in Word is no big deal.
>
> Happy Wednesday,
>
> Dan
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Raj Machhan
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 12:16 AM
> > To: Geoff Hart
> > Cc: techwr-l List
> > Subject: Re: MS Word screws up yet ANOTHER project?
> >
> > Guess we are expecting too much out of MS Word. It
> > is word processer and not a tool meant for creating
> > large documents containing styles and graphics. I
> > got my fingers burnt recently creating a 500 page
> > System Design Document. I am richer by experience
> > and I can sum it up in two words: "Never Again!"
> > One reason why we tend to deploy Word for almost
> > every task is its easy availability. We can access
> > it on almost every desktop or PC but this does not
> > automatically mean that we start using it for every
> > assignment. The software has some wonderful
> > functions but creating large documents is certainly
> > not one of them.
> >
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