Computer fun... (not!)
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alexpgpI just spent a disappointing hour or so combing the web (since the Help feature is very nearly unusable) making pretty sure that Word 2007 got rid of a feature that I find invaluable, and that is the ability to search through a text and selectively convert upper-case letters to lower case using wildcard notation. This is because, as I probably have mentioned before, so many clients insist on providing glossaries with entries capitalized (e.g., Maximum Design Operating Pressure), where there is absolutely no need to do so, interspersed with entries where capitalization is necessary (e.g., Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral Air Force Base).
SHIFT+F3 doesn't quite do the trick, as it works on selected text, which means either highlighting the initial letters of "Maximum Design Operating Pressure" and pressing the combination, or simply highlighting all four words at once and then pressing the combination twice to cycle it through "MAXIMUM DESIGN OPERATING PRESSURE" to the desired "maximum design operating pressure."
I said it before and I'll say it again: Word 2007 appears to have been designed to seriously impair the productivity of legacy users. I'll probably have to waste more time to figure out a workaround, and waste more nervous energy kicking myself for not installing Word 2003 before leaving for this trip.
In other news, the amazingly fast DNS server swap at Network Solutions is not working the way I had expected. I had (I thought) switched the names of my "work" domain's DNS servers to those of the new hosting company's. A little while later, I got a confirming email from Network Solutions telling me that I had successfully switched them to... DNS servers belonging to Network Solutions!
As yet, no response to email, and calling tech support from here is going to be... interesting. Grrr.
UPDATE, Monday 8:40 am (GMT+6): I succeeded, mirabile dictu, in getting hold of Network Solutions tech support last night, and got things ironed out. While entering my domain name in the browser still gets an "under construction" page from NS this morning, both a confirming email from them and an email from my new hosting company indicate the desired change has been effected, so this behavior is likely the result of waiting for the change to propagate fully.
UPDATE, Monday 9:00 am (GMT+6): Apparently, when I went in to do "advanced" DNS management at the NS site, I missed the part - explained in great detail - on how continuing on my quest would automagically repoint my DNS servers at NS machines. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa! (On the positive side, I didn't miss it this time around!) In the end, it turns out MX records are managed from my hosting company's control panel, and I've just completed that step. Now, all that's left to do is let the dust settle.
Cheers...
SHIFT+F3 doesn't quite do the trick, as it works on selected text, which means either highlighting the initial letters of "Maximum Design Operating Pressure" and pressing the combination, or simply highlighting all four words at once and then pressing the combination twice to cycle it through "MAXIMUM DESIGN OPERATING PRESSURE" to the desired "maximum design operating pressure."
I said it before and I'll say it again: Word 2007 appears to have been designed to seriously impair the productivity of legacy users. I'll probably have to waste more time to figure out a workaround, and waste more nervous energy kicking myself for not installing Word 2003 before leaving for this trip.
In other news, the amazingly fast DNS server swap at Network Solutions is not working the way I had expected. I had (I thought) switched the names of my "work" domain's DNS servers to those of the new hosting company's. A little while later, I got a confirming email from Network Solutions telling me that I had successfully switched them to... DNS servers belonging to Network Solutions!
As yet, no response to email, and calling tech support from here is going to be... interesting. Grrr.
UPDATE, Monday 8:40 am (GMT+6): I succeeded, mirabile dictu, in getting hold of Network Solutions tech support last night, and got things ironed out. While entering my domain name in the browser still gets an "under construction" page from NS this morning, both a confirming email from them and an email from my new hosting company indicate the desired change has been effected, so this behavior is likely the result of waiting for the change to propagate fully.
UPDATE, Monday 9:00 am (GMT+6): Apparently, when I went in to do "advanced" DNS management at the NS site, I missed the part - explained in great detail - on how continuing on my quest would automagically repoint my DNS servers at NS machines. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa! (On the positive side, I didn't miss it this time around!) In the end, it turns out MX records are managed from my hosting company's control panel, and I've just completed that step. Now, all that's left to do is let the dust settle.
Cheers...
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Date: 2008-07-28 12:24 am (UTC)Why delay the change, when you can lead it...
... our company is in process of migration.
Comes easy after a "preface" from me:
"Start using Office 2007 when you can afford some delays. You'll spend 3-4 hours swearing profusely, but then you'll just have it learned - once & forever. Think of these 3-4 hours as an investment which should bring you 3-4 years of peace with Office without need to scramble for an outdated copy of Office 2003..."
Uptake of 2007 is about 30% now in my region where I happen to be a Senior Systems Engineer.