Reading a listserve on Office 2007, the author seems to think that the new Office is better than the older, 2003, version. http://drmabell.blogspot.com/2007/11/office-07good-bad-ugly-all-of-these.html
After reading her post I find it hard to agree. Mary Ann seems to think the best part about the new Office is the "wordcount". I find it hard to believe that the best part of the new Office is the easiness of counting the words. I find the new Office to be rather confusing after finally getting used to the handling of the 2003 Version. The layout is nice and easy to use, but as with anything, you must use it all the time to get used to the new programs. My one complaint is that many computers, including the ones at school, use the 2003 Version. Therefore, I need to save it in a different format to open my documents at school. Not everyone knows this and it can frustrating for people, especially students looking to turn in work.
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Hi Derek
Your post is a nice example of how a community of practice (a listserv) can open us up to a variety of viewpoints. Clearly both you and the original author have "bones to pick" with versions of MS Office. (Do you really think she hangs her entire judgment of its worth on the "word count" function?) I experienced a bit of a learning curve with 2007, but am growing to like it, especially since my IT department enabled the Word save to default to the "compatibility mode" with earlier versions. Can your IT person do the same for you?
I like the way you link to the original source. Doing so deepens the experience for your reader. Try linking from a word within your post rather than just inserting the raw URL.
SG
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