[ILUG] [way OT] Word 2003 problems...

[Niall O Broin]

On 12 Jul 2005, at 15:25, Paul Jakma wrote:

> Uhmm, standard practice in Ireland has been to get someone to tell you 
> what the various knobs do (as you might do first time you use a 
> computer) and figure the rest out yourself..

Maybe that explains the standard of driving in Ireland.

>> or a plane ?
>
> Aeroplanes aren't really /that/ difficult to physically control. Basic 
> turns are trivial, landing/takeoff can be figured out within a few 
> hours.

Yes, true enough, but if you try to land an aircraft with no training 
whatsoever, you are very likely to end up dead.

>> Maybe we should come up with a way of making mistakes due to computer 
>> ignorance potentially lethal) or even reading a book, or even the 
>> blooming online help, they instead decide that the clueful people of 
>> ILUG should be their Word buddies.
>
> I disagree, computers shouldn't need much in the way of training.

I don't want them to need much in the way of training. But it does bug 
me that people expect to be able to use what is a very complex machine, 
with a huge number of possible states, without any training whatsoever.


Niall