MDLarson
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OK, we inherited some manuals in Word format... I have to update these pieces of crap.
We all know about the frustrating "wonderful, automated smart things" Word likes to do for us automatically, but there's more...
The main problem was that the page numbers did not print on the Mac OS 9 (Word 98) version, even after a visit to Page Setup. They do print on Windows XP, whatever version of Word XP has.
I decide to fix this problem, and move the page number up in the footer. Well, it turns out that this document somehow has "sections", three of them. The first section has 1 page, the second section has 1 page, and the third secion has 77 pages. So if you specify page 1 of 1 in the print dialog, you get three freaking pages! JUST A LITTLE CONFUSING, EH, MICROSOFT?
Then I get to trying to simply move the page number up a line in the footer, and it seems like everything I try, the opposite happens; like trying to control a mouse when another person is trying to control a second mouse plugged into the same machine! Eventually I got it, but I've never been more frustrated at a piece of software (except for PowerPoint).
Anyway, thanks for listening to my vent, and never, use inferior Microsoft products if you don't have to!!!!!!!!!
We all know about the frustrating "wonderful, automated smart things" Word likes to do for us automatically, but there's more...
The main problem was that the page numbers did not print on the Mac OS 9 (Word 98) version, even after a visit to Page Setup. They do print on Windows XP, whatever version of Word XP has.
I decide to fix this problem, and move the page number up in the footer. Well, it turns out that this document somehow has "sections", three of them. The first section has 1 page, the second section has 1 page, and the third secion has 77 pages. So if you specify page 1 of 1 in the print dialog, you get three freaking pages! JUST A LITTLE CONFUSING, EH, MICROSOFT?
Then I get to trying to simply move the page number up a line in the footer, and it seems like everything I try, the opposite happens; like trying to control a mouse when another person is trying to control a second mouse plugged into the same machine! Eventually I got it, but I've never been more frustrated at a piece of software (except for PowerPoint).
Anyway, thanks for listening to my vent, and never, use inferior Microsoft products if you don't have to!!!!!!!!!